advanced file searching help!

[Beth Mc]

I want to search for matching file names in a drive or
folder where the .pdf extension has an older date last
modified than the .doc or .xls extension.

The files will have the same name, but different
extensions. I need to find both the latest .pdf and the
latest .doc or .xls files.

I want this for all of the files with "same names" on a
drive with thousands of files and folders.

Anyone know how I can do this? Is it even possible in
Windows 2000?

Thanks,
Beth

 

[3c273]

If you are familiar with regular expressions, there is a freeware program
called Agent Ransack that will allow you to do some pretty complex searches.
www.agentransack.com HTH.
Louis

 

[Phil Robyn]

I want to search for matching file names in a drive or
folder where the .pdf extension has an older date last
modified than the .doc or .xls extension.

The files will have the same name, but different
extensions. I need to find both the latest .pdf and the
latest .doc or .xls files.

I want this for all of the files with "same names" on a
drive with thousands of files and folders.

Anyone know how I can do this? Is it even possible in
Windows 2000?

Thanks,
Beth

I think this could be done fairly easily with a batch file
if detailed specifications were provided.

 

[Beth Mc]

Okay, how do I do that?
Thanks,
Beth

 

[Phil Robyn]

Okay, how do I do that?
Thanks,
Beth


i l

How do you provide detailed specifications??? By describing
in great detail the actual 'situation' that has to be dealt
with. Does the search for the 'newest' file in each file set
need to span the entire partition, or is it limited to one
'folder', or one set of 'folders'? What kind of results are
you expecting? A list of all the files in each file set,
in order by date (earliest first? latest first?), or only
the 'newest' member of each file set? The detailed specification
of the problem and requirements is necessary to facilitate a
solution.