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Subject: Re: A Simpler Find Tool
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On 21.05.17 07:04, Brian Kolden wrote:
> Does anyone have a cleaner suggestion?

Not answering directly, but did you have a look at how
the Paraffin library handles this? (Available at
BIZX Company's SourceForge subsidiary.)