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The Find Tab


The Find tab allows you to search for files or users on the network.

The upper window displays the found files that match your search pattern.
The window gives the following information:
1) Nick: The name of the user who owns the file.
2) Filename: The name of the file that matches your search pattern.
3) Size: Size if the file.
4) Slot: Total and open slots for this user.
5) Spd: Speed of the user.
6) Hub: Name of the hub where the file is found.

The first field, below the file search window, allows you to enter your search pattern.

The search pattern
Due to the limitations of the DC protocol you cannot use regular expressions in the search box. However, you can use the dollar symbol $ to create simple AND queries (there is no OR functionality though). The search is case insensitive. There are no word boundaries: the given words are always treated as substrings. Some examples of search strings are:
By pressing the Search button you will send the search pattern to the hub.

The Show search user side and Hide search user side button will show and hide the user search section respectively. Note that this is the same button with a different text depending on the status of the user search section.

The lower window displays the found users that match your search pattern.
The window gives with every entry the following information:
1) Hubname: Name of the hub where the user is found on.
2) Share: The share of the user.
3) IP: IP of the user.
The second field, below the user search window, allows you to enter your search pattern. By pressing the Search this user button you will send the search request to the hub.