FindFiles
FindFiles is a program written in Gambas3 Basic on Linux Mint 16

The purpose is to locate the users computer files.




Please send comments and bugs to findfiles@cogier.com
 Features: -
  • Dual search option
  • Case sensitivity options
  • Show or hide hidden files
  • Show or hide system files
  • File sort option
  • Open files from the interface



DOWNLOAD for Debian squeeze/Ubuntu 12.10/Mint 14 or later.

Download and installations instructions: - (Updated to v1.01.17 - 01/03/2014)

These instructions are designed for a Linux distributions Debian squeeze/Ubuntu 12.10/Mint 14 or later.

1/. Download the program here by clicking on this link, save the file and double click on the downloaded file to run

2/. You will find the program under Accessories (Mint users may need to restart Cinnamon by pressing [Alt] + [F2] type the letter r + [Enter])

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For earlier versions e.g. Debian lenny/Ubuntu 12.04/Mint 13

1/. Run the following commands in Terminal to access the correct repository and upload the necessary dependencies.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nemh/gambas3
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install gb.qt4
 sudo apt-get install gb.gtk

2/. Download the program here by clicking on this link, save the file and double click on the downloaded file to run

3/. You will find the program under Accessories (Mint users may need to restart Cinnamon by pressing [Alt] + [F2] type the letter r +[Enter])

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Source code is available here.
To run the code once downloaded
Extract the files to a folder (e.g. ~/Downloads)
Run the Terminal commands above if you have an early Linux distribution (See above)

Then in Terminal run: -

sudo apt-get install gambas3

Open Gambas3 > Close the tip of the day > From the menu select "Open project" > Point to the extracted files (e.g. ~/Downloads/findfiles-1.0.16.orig/scr/findfiles) and press [OK].
Press F5 to run


Charlie Ogier 01/03/14