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- Help file for !DelBoot v1.03 07-Feb-1993
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- This is a multi-document multi-tasking program to delete !Boot files.
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- It is FREEWARE - ie you pay nothing to use it and in return the author
- happily offers NO WARRANTY. Use this program at your own risk.
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- What is a !Boot file?
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- A !Boot file resides inside an application directory. When you first `see'
- an application the filer will run any !Boot file inside it.
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- Why delete the !Boot file?
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- Because usually all a !Boot file contains is the following line:
- IconSprites <Obey$Dir>.!Boot
- and in this case the !Boot file is unnecessary - the filer automatically
- performs this command if the !Boot file doesn't exist.
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- So if the !Boot file is deleted, then the filer hasn't got to load it in,
- and this saves quite a bit of TIME. Who likes waiting around?
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- What constitutes a !Boot file?
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- For the purposes of this program the following things must be satisfied before
- a file is deemed to be eligible for deletion:
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- 1. !Boot file inside an application directory
- 2. File type is Obey
- 3. All non-empty lines in the file begin with one of the following
- sub-strings:
- IconSprites
- |
- StripCFS
- ForceCFS
- 4. The file has sufficient access priveleges to be deleted
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- If you would like other prefixes or even regular expression matches, then
- you'll have to wait until version 2.
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- How to Operate
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- Just drag an application (or directory) onto the icon bar icon to process it.
- Since it is a Wimp program, it is fairly easy to operate. If you want more
- information, turn on that interactive help.
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- You need the Homerton.Medium font for this program to operate.
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- Updates
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- v1.00 17-Dec-1992 a stupid (logic) bug meant it never altered a file!
- v1.01 19-Jan-1993 now it works!
- v1.02 26-Jan-1993 fonts change if screen resolution does
- empty file is now deleted
- v1.03 07-Feb-1993 was sometimes deleting wrong !Boot files
- + hi-rez. sprites
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- Bug reports, donations, ideas for later versions ---
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- Cy Booker
- 86 Church View
- Main Road
- Crockenhill
- Swanley
- Kent
- BR8 8JW
- UK
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- This program is part of the ShareWare program UnCFS that speeds up access
- to applications on CC's CFS filing system. For a fully working unregistered
- copy just send a SAE and disc to the author, above.
-