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SWEEP Charles Petzold
Purpose: Causes a command to be successively executed in every subdirectory on
a hard disk.
Format: SWEEP Command [parameter(s)]
Remarks: SWEEP starts from the current directory. In order to use SWEEP to
extend the range of a command to all the subdirectories on a disk,
use CD (if necessary) to make the root directory your current
directory. From the root directory, the command
SWEEP DIR
will display the listings, by subdirectory, of every non-hidden file
on the disk. To erase all the .BAK files on a disk you need only get
into the root directory and issue the command
SWEEP DEL *.BAK
SWEEP itself will not accept parameters other than its command.
Thus, if you are on drive C: and wish a directory of all files on
drive D: to be sent to your printer, you must first make drive D: the
current drive before you issue the command
SWEEP DIR > LPT1
(In this case you would either need a copy of SWEEP.COM on drive D:
or else drive D: would have to be listed on your PATH.)
SWEEP can execute .BAT file commands (and even non-DOS commands, such
as LOCATE.COM). A useful file called CLEAN.BAT might consist of the
three lines
DEL *.BAK
DEL *.TMP
DEL *.OBJ
From the root directory, if you then enter
SWEEP CLEAN
all .BAK, .TMP, and .OBJ files will be erased from the disk.