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- July 15, 1989
-
-
- DIRDEL - Directory Delete, Version 1.24 - Deletes entire
- subdirectory trees. Even deletes the current directory. The
- executable file for this version is significantly smaller than
- before. JPI TopSpeed Modula-2 source code now included.
-
- Contents:
- =========
- Purpose
- Installation
- Commands
- Program background
- Other programs
- Closing remarks
-
- Purpose:
- ========
- To quickly and easily delete any subdirectory, whether empty or
- containing files and other directories. An entire directory
- tree can be deleted with one command.
-
- This is FREE software. This program was written by me for my
- personal use. However, if others also find it useful, please
- feel free to use it or pass it along.
-
- Installation:
- =============
- No special installation is necessary. Just copy the DIRDEL.EXE
- file to the disk from which you will be invoking the command.
- It is suggested, however, that you copy this file to a directory
- included on your PATH.
-
- Commands:
- =========
- To delete a directory and all included files and directories,
- specify the directory to delete from the command line.
-
- Usage: dirdel [drive][path]dirname
-
- There are no command-line switches. If what you type as the
- directory name is a valid one, it and its contents are simply
- deleted after you answer in the affirmative to the initial
- precautionary prompt.
-
- In specifying the directory to delete, you may optionally
- include a drive letter followed by a colon. You may also
- include the complete path, preceded by a backslash, starting
- from the root directory of the target drive. Otherwise, the
- current default directory of the target drive will be used.
-
- Examples: dirdel junk
- dirdel \bin
- dirdel d:\test\test2
-
- To delete either the current directory or a directory "above"
- the current one, which will also delete the current one, be sure
- to start the specification from the root directory.
-
- Example: C:\JUNK\JUNK2\JUNK3>dirdel \junk\junk2
-
- The example above assumes you are currently in the JUNK3
- subdirectory contained within its parent "\JUNK\JUNK2". The
- command instructs the program to delete this parent and all
- included files and directories. Therefore, after successful
- completion, JUNK3 and JUNK2 will be deleted. The current
- directory will then be JUNK, off the root directory.
-
- Program background:
- ===================
- The idea for this program came about from the practical need to
- safely and simply delete entire subdirectory trees on a
- recurring, almost daily, basis.
-
- The original version of this program happened to be written in
- the C language because the projects I was working on at the time
- involved C source and object code. Versions starting from 1.2
- are written in Modula-2.
-
- Other programs:
- ===============
- Other free programs which I have written and contributed to the
- Public Domain:
-
- CAL100
- ------
- CAL - Calendar V1.00 - 06/03/89 - A simple, stand-alone calendar
- display program that can be used as a sort of perpetual
- calendar. Valid years range from 0001 to 9999. This program is
- NOT memory-resident. Scroll through the different months and
- years. Source code included.
-
- CRC-M2
- ------
- CRC-M2 - Cyclic Redundancy Checker V1.00 - 07/12/89 - This tiny
- CRC program accepts wildcards and multiple filespecs from the
- command line. Displays same CRC values as PKPAK and LHarc.
- Source code included.
-
- FIX215
- ------
- FIX - File Fix V2.15 - 05/16/89 - View and edit any type of
- file, text or binary, read-only, hidden or system. Edit in
- ASCII or hex. Useful for working with simple, random-record
- files. Select files from a scrollable, pop-up directory window
- - less typing required! (Source NOT included.)
-
- FND105
- ------
- FFIND - File Finder V1.05 - 06/16/89 - A simple program to find
- any file or subdirectory. Although the size of the executable
- file is a little larger than that of the competition and
- although there are no command-line switches, this little utility
- is also often a little faster, is free - and the source code is
- included.
-
- All the above program were written in JPI TopSpeed Modula-2.
-
- Closing remarks:
- ================
- Interested users are encouraged to contact me with comments, bug
- reports, suggestions and questions about any of the above
- programs. I can be reached at the addresses below:
-
-
- By conventional mail:
- ---------------------
- Raymond T. Kaya
- P. O. Box 1436
- Honolulu, HI 96806
-
-
- By electronic mail:
- -------------------
- CompuServe: 71230,2500
- GEnie: R.KAYA1