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RESOLVE (v1.0) : Duplicate File Resolution Utility (with Purging)
(C) Copyright July 1994 David Greenberg, all rights reserved
[Unregistered trial copy -- three week trial license]
**This Program is SHAREWARE**. Please see registration info below.
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I. INTRODUCTION
The idea is simple: As time passes, a significant number of duplicate and
unwanted files accumulate on your hard disk: Excess backups, temporary
swap files, backups of compressed .EXE's, and sometimes even duplicates of
entire subdirectories.
Back in the old days, when 40MB was a big deal, dealing with such files
was trivial.
Those days are gone. Now, with hard disks 20 times as big, and growing,
and demand for disk space growing even faster, those extra megabytes are
more precious, *and* more difficult to manage.
RESOLVE is a simple and straightforward solution to the problem; RESOLVE
performs two elementary operations:
(1) "resolve": scans the entire disk (usually a hard disk); for each file
which appears in more than one directory, offering you the following
choices:
- do nothing (the most popular choice, as usual)
- delete instances (copies) of the file
- update instances of the file with one of them (usually the newest)
- rename an instance (can be used to move the file)
(2) "purge": scans the disk, and for **each** file matching some pattern
(default is *.BAK) prompts you to:
- do nothing (as usual)
- delete the file
You can quit RESOLVE at any time: when user input is needed, you will be
given the option 'q' (for quit, of course). At other times, use Ctrl-C or
Ctrl-Break.
RESOLVE also provides built-in help at sticky points, as well as several
useful switches:
-iTEMPLATE: Allows you to specify which files to match. You can use
wildcards (? and *). The default is *.* for resolving a
disk, *.BAK for purging.
-l: Instructs RESOLVE to log all potentially irreversible actions
(such as delete, rename) in a log file RESOLVE?.LOG, where
? is a number between 0..9. If all 10 log files exist in
the directory from which RESOLVE is run, it will overwrite
RESOLVE0.LOG.
-p: For extra security, whenever a file is to be deleted, you
will be prompted with 'Are You Sure?'. Especially ideal
for buttery fingers!
II: Comments, suggestions, etc.
This is the first trial version of RESOLVE, and it lacks all of the
features which newer versions would include. Developing a program
however, takes time and money. This is where you come in:
Registering is cheap, painless, and worthwhile. It costs a mere $15,
nothing compared to the sums you put out on competitive software. You just
send a check or money order to :
David Greenberg (that's me)
"RESOLVE (v1.0)"
544 Conifer Street
Melbourne, FL 32904
UNITED STATES
**Please send a check or money order only, and in US funds.**
When you register RESOLVE, you're added to the permanent mailing list.
Within three weeks, you'll receive a licensed copy of RESOLVE.
In addition, when major revisions in the program are made, you'll get a
registered copy as well (specify which type of disk you prefer, please).
Also, you'll be eligible to try out new test versions of other software.
Registering RESOLVE is, above everything, an investment in software
development efforts. And, it's required.
Please delete RESOLVE if you do not plan to register your copy after three
weeks of trial usage.
Your support is greatly appreciated.
For faster processing, you can also drop me a line at one of the e-mail
addresses below. And of course, if you have comments, suggestions, or
if you suspect you stumbled on a bug in the program, please let me know
as well.
<greenbg@cs.huji.ac.il> or <davidg@www-mail.huji.ac.il>
Yours,
David Greenberg
August 4, 1994