Searching only within selected folders

[Orson]

I'm trying to set up a search template that limits my searches within a certain section of a network drive only to folders named "ds" -- and I realize I could exclude every other folder, but I'm hoping there's some syntax that would let me limit my search *without* excluding a whole of specifically named folders.

Is this possible?

Orson

[serendipity]

I'm trying to set up a search template that limits my searches within a certain section of a network drive only to folders named "ds" -- and I realize I could exclude every other folder, but I'm hoping there's some syntax that would let me limit my search *without* excluding a whole of specifically named folders.

Is this possible?

Orson

Hi,
Maybe you can:
1) first search for all files named "ds" in your network (which will list all ds folders).
2) check option "Selected locations".
3) Select all files (which will be all ds folders)
4) Run an empty search (will show all the files in these ds folders)
5) Save this template to say: ds
6) Uncheck option "Selected locations".

Next time you want to search only ds folders:
1) go to template
2)uncheck everything except "load search location"
3) double-click on ds
4) any search you do now will be in these ds folders.

PS: ofcourse, one can automate this with scripting, using command loadsearch.