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- CLEANOUT v1.3 by Phil Herron REGISTRATION $18.00
- DISK FILE DELETION UTILITY HERRON JAN90 UTIL
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- Update
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- * File contents can be VIEWED before disposal.
- * Prompted file deletion.
- * File search covers all directories of a drive.
- * Can be incorporated into batch routines.
- * Quantity discounts for multiple registrations.
- * NEW in this version: Display is no longer fixed white
- on black, but now uses the default colors in effect
- when the program was started.
-
- Syntax: CLEANOUT [filename.ext] [/N(o confirmation)]
-
- CLEANOUT is a selective file deletion utility for diskette
- and hard drive cleanup. It searches through all directories
- of the default drive for file(s) specified on the command
- line. Wildcard characters * and ? are legal. Some of the
- more common wildcard combinations specifying "ALL files",
- such as *.* and *.???, are trapped so you won't easily
- delete everything on the drive.
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- Each time a matching file is found, the user is prompted for
- disposition: Delete or Save. File contents, either text or
- binary, can be VIEWED before making the decision. A single
- press of the "S" key saves a file; a double press of the "D"
- key deletes it.
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- The optional [/N] mode allows deleting files with NO
- confirmation prompting or user interaction.
-
- CLEANOUT can be called from a batch file. If you have a
- logoff batch file that performs functions such as writing
- the time and date to a log file and parking hard disk
- heads, add the line
-
- CLEANOUT *.BAK /N
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- to the batch file, prior to the point where it parks the
- heads. From then on all your BAK files will be cleaned out
- automatically.
-
- CLEANOUT returns a DOS ErrorLevel value which can be used to
- control subsequent operations. A batch file employing
- ErrorLevel is included in the documentation; it can delete
- specified files from more than one drive. The batch file
- can be expanded to cover every drive in a system.
-
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- Hardware Requirements : IBM PC, XT, AT or compatible with at
- least 64K RAM and one disk drive.
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- Other Requirements : DOS 2.1 or later.
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- (SDA format Copyright 1990 SDN Project for SDNet/Works! (sm))
- JAN90 UTIL
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