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===How to search efficiently===
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* [[Aminet setup|Customising Aminet]] - configure Aminet's web interface
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* [[The search function]] - How to search efficiently
  
If you just enter a search term that does not contain any special characters (see below), Aminet will find all matches containing your search term�- i.e. 'foo' will actually search for '#?foo#?' and will return all strings containing 'foo'.
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The following sections are a work in progress, they're not finished yet.
  
The search function also accepts wildcards: Just like under AmigaDOS, <b>#?</b> will match anything, while <b>?</b> will match a single character. Please note that as soon as you use wildcards, searching will try to match the exact phrase you entered, so you need to say '#?foo#?' to match all strings containg foo while 'foo#?' will only find strings starting with foo.
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* [[FTP user manual]] - Instructions for using Aminet via FTP
 
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* [[The ADT protocol]] - Aminet's expanded FTP protocol: search files, show recent uploads etc.
A good example is to search filenames for <b>lha#?</b>�- this will find all filenames starting with 'lha' and is the best way to find the actual LhA executable without getting all LhA archives listed.
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* [[Transferring files to an Amiga]] - How to transfer files to an Amiga
 
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* [[Archive formates used on Aminet]] - How to deal with the various archive formats on Aminet
Note: Instead of <b>#?</b>, you can also use <b>*</b> or <b>%</b>.
 

Latest revision as of 00:53, 18 February 2007

The following sections are a work in progress, they're not finished yet.