AmiFind

A file-search tool for AmigaOS 3.2 (and any 3.x). Recurses a volume, assign, or directory and lists every file/drawer whose name matches a pattern. Ships as a CLI (AmiFind) and a GadTools GUI (AmiFindGUI).

Built with amiga-gcc (m68k-amigaos-gcc) under WSL — pure NDK, no MUI/ReAction.

Layout

src/finder.c / finder.h   shared recursive search engine + matcher
src/cli.c                 command-line front end
src/gui.c                 GadTools GUI front end
build.sh                  build both with amiga-gcc
out/                      compiled AmigaOS executables

Build

From Windows, inside WSL:

wsl -e bash -lc 'cd /mnt/c/projects/AmiFind && sh build.sh'

Outputs out/AmiFind and out/AmiFindGUI (AmigaOS m68k hunk executables). Copy them to your Amiga / emulator and run.

CLI usage

AmiFind PATTERN [PATH]

• PATTERN — plain text is matched as a case-insensitive substring. If it contains AmigaDOS wildcards (#? * ? [ ] ~ |) it is matched as a full AmigaDOS pattern instead.
• PATH — volume, assign or directory to search. Defaults to SYS:.
• Press Ctrl-C to abort.

Examples

AmiFind startup-sequence            ; substring search under SYS:
AmiFind #?.library LIBS:            ; all .library files in LIBS:
AmiFind paint WORK:Graphics         ; substring under a directory
AmiFind "#?.(info|prefs)" SYS:      ; AmigaDOS alternation

GUI usage

Run AmiFindGUI (from Workbench or Shell). Enter a Pattern and a Search in path (default SYS:), press Search. Results appear in the listview; the status line shows the match count. Stop (or closing the window) aborts a running search. Matching is identical to the CLI.

Icons (reusable generator)

The .info icons are built with a self-contained Python generator — no external tools (png2icon / amitools) required. It emits a classic OS3.x WBTOOL DiskObject with a 2-bitplane Image in the 4-colour Workbench palette, drawn procedurally. The generator is shared across projects in C:\projects\tools (/mnt/c/projects/tools), not inside this project:

../tools/makeicon.py   build the icons     python3 ../tools/makeicon.py A.info B.info
../tools/dumpicon.py   verify one (ASCII)  python3 ../tools/dumpicon.py A.info

Regenerate both AmiFind icons:

wsl -e bash -lc 'cd /mnt/c/projects/AmiFind && python3 ../tools/makeicon.py out/AmiFind.info out/AmiFindGUI.info'

To reuse for another project, edit the drawing section of makeicon.py (the rect/frame/disc/ring calls) and do_StackSize/WBTOOL to taste; the structure-packing below it is generic to any 3.x tool icon.

Notes

• Matching uses dos.library/ParsePatternNoCase + MatchPatternNoCase, so it follows standard AmigaDOS semantics when wildcards are present.
• The GUI search is synchronous; while it runs the Stop button and close gadget stay responsive because the scan pumps Intuition messages between directory entries.
• Requires OS 3.x (libraries opened at v37+).