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- DOCUMENTATION FOR
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- DBD.EXE V 1.0
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- Delete files from the current or specified directory that match a
- given date range and optional file specification.
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-
- Copyright (c) December 5, 1993 McKendry Enterprises
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- "dbd.exe" is the copyrighted property of Arthur R. McKendry and is
- being provided as "Shareware".
-
- You are hereby granted a limited license to use, copy and distribute
- "dbd.exe" to others as long as the following conditions are met:
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- (1) This product must not be sold, or any fee charged for
- copying and distribution, beyond your actual cost of
- copying media.
-
- (2) This product may only be distributed in its original,
- unmodified state.
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- (3) This file (DBD.DOC) must be included along with DBD.EXE
- any copies that you may distribute to others.
-
- (4) Permission is granted to upload this product a BBS
- only in its original archived form as DBD.ZIP which
- includes this documentation.
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- (4) This product may not be distributed as a part of any
- commercial product or service without the prior written
- consent of the owner.
-
-
- As long as you are prepared to adhere to the conditions
- listed above, you are encouraged to copy and distribute
- "dbd.exe" to your friends and others.
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- DESCRIPTION
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- DBD.EXE is a program written in Borland C++ can be used to clean up a hard
- drive by deleting files based on their creation dates.
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- WHEN TO USE IT
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- When you have several versions of document, source, or data base files and
- you want to delete all but the most recent versions.
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- HOW TO USE IT
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- General usage:
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- Type DBD -h at the dos command line for help and useage descriptions. You
- should get this help display:
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- Delete By Date Version 1.0
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- (C)1993 Art McKendry - Useage: DBD DATE1 [DATE2] [PATH+FILESPEC] [-nesth]
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- DATE1:MM/DD/YY Files with creation dates matching DATE1 will be deleted
- DATE2:MM/DD/YY Optional, Files between DATE1 and DATE2 will be deleted
- PATH:Optional, Valid dos path to scan for files to delete
- FILESPEC:Optional filespec filter. Example:(*.TXT)
- -n:Switch, Do not prompt before deleting files
- -e:Switch, Delete files that match DATE1 and earlier
- -s:Switch, Recurse into subdirectories below the current or specified one
- -t:Switch, Test run - Displays action messages without actually deleting files
- -h:Switch, Display this help screen
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- NOTES:
- Deletion dates are inclusive!
- Remember to enter leading zeros (01/01/94).
- Command line arguments can be in any order.
- The slash (/) can be used in place of (-).
- You can use four digits for the year. This means that after the year 2000
- you can continue using this utility: DBD 12-01-99 04-15-2000.
- The -e Option is ignored if two dates are entered.
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- DOS ERRORLEVEL RETURN CODES
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- 0 - No errors
- 1 - Invalid command line switch
- 2 - Invalid command line date entered
- 3 - Help screen requested
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- INSTALLING DBD.EXE
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- Simply copy DBD.EXE to a subdirectory that is in your DOS search PATH.
- (C:\DOS, C:\UT)
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- WHAT IT WON'T DO
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- This version will not delete Hidden or Read only files.
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- -**-
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- dbd.exe is shareware. If you decide to register, $30
- will help immensely. I would also greatly appreciate any reports
- of bugs, or just comments and suggestions.
-
-
-
- Address all correspondence to:
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- McKendry Enterprises
- Arthur R. McKendry
- 3135 Oakwood Drive
- Racine, Wisconsin 53406
- Compuserve 75020,1301
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- Street: _______________________________________
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- City, ST Zip: _______________________________________
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- Telephone (optional): _______________________________________
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- Last revision date of your copy: ______________
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- Enclosed is a check for $30. Please register me and send the
- latest version of dbd.exe and your other programs.
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- Please write any comments, suggestions, or questions on the
- back. Or feel free to use a separate sheet. Your support is
- greatly appreciated.
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