Conference noted::corporate_cad_tool_directory

5.0. "HOW TO USE NOTES - HINTS" by DELNI::ROUNDS () Thu Nov 12 1987 12:27

                   DIRECTORY/PRINT/SAVE COMMANDS
                   -----------------------------

	The DIRECTORY command shows a directory of the topics in a con-
        ference. While you are in a conference, you can issue the
        DIRECTORY command at any time. The directory shows you the topic 
        number, who wrote the topic and when, and the topic's title.

	The DIRECTORY/ALL command tells VAX Notes you want to include in 
        the directory the replies to each topic.  Replies can also have 
        titles.

	Although the use of titles on replies is optional, there is a good
        reason for using them. When all notes in a discussion have meaningful
        titles, you can use the DIRECTORY/ALL command to get a quick
        summary of a discussion.

	Some commands allow you to specify a range of notes. You can limit 
        the range to topics only, or include replies in the range.

	To list topics only, use whole numbers in the note range.  Do NOT type
        a period after either the starting or ending topic number.  To include
        replies, you can use the /ALL qualifier or the wildcard character (*).

        Here is a quick review of the ways you can specify a range of notes:

           Description of range                            Example
           -----------------------------------------       -------
           A topic and all its replies                     9.*
           A range of topics only                          10-39
           All topics                                      * or ALL
           A range of topics, including replies            1.*-5.*
           All notes in the conference                     *.*

        The DIRECTORY command has several qualifiers which allow you to limit
        the directory listing to those meeting certain criteria.  Specifically,
        you can see a directory of notes by:

        Criterion       Format                  Example
        ---------       -----------------       ----------------------------

        Author	        /AUTHOR=username        DIR/AUTHOR=TRACY 10-50

        Title	        /TITLE="string"         DIR/TITLE="FIXED" *.*

        Date-time	    /BEFORE=date-time       DIR/BEFORE=01-MAR:08:00 99-1
                            /SINCE=date-time        DIR/SINCE=YESTERDAY *.*

        Keyword  	    /KEYWORD=keyword        DIR/KEYWORD=PAPER 2.*-20.*

        Not yet seen        /UNSEEN                 DIR/UNSEEN 100-LAST


        You can use these qualifiers alone or in combination to get a directory
        of just the notes you are interested in seeing.  You do not have to
        manually search the entire directory for notes you are interested in.

        The PRINT and SAVE commands have the same qualifiers as the DIRECTORY
        command for limiting the notes to be printed or stored in a file,
        respectively.

        For example, if you want print all the notes in the conference written
        by FLOYD that have the word "pink" in the title, you would type:

        PRINT/TITLE="PINK"/AUTHOR=FLOYD *.*

        You could save all the notes with the keyword PIGS and store the notes
        in a file called ANIMALS.TXT by typing:

        SAVE/KEYWORD=PIGS ANIMALS *.*