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- DELBUT V 2.1 (minor fix) by J.E. Arkay 6/07/88
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- Deletes all but a given filespec in one directory. Useful for managing your
- RAM disk.
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- *** TESTED, BUT NOT VERY MUCH *** *** TRY IT ON A SCRATCH DISK FIRST ***
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- Syntax: [d:][\path\]DELBUT2 [d:][\path\]filename.ext
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- It will not delete a Hidden or Read-Only file; it can delete itself.
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- Its use of wildcards is now just like DOS (which sucks, but won't surprise you):
- DELBUT ?????.?? matches ABCDE.12 and ABCD.12 and ABC.1 but not ABCD.123
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- For example, on our AT clone with extended memory, we use a DOS shell that runs
- faster from a RAM disk. When we start AutoCAD or copy a 1.2 Meg floppy, we use
- DELBUT in a batch file to erase the RAM disk except for the DOS shell.
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- You can use it in a batch file where DEL *.* would give its 'Y/N' message and
- require a keypress. Example to DEL D:\MY-DIR\*.*:
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- create a 1-byte file named X (DOS won't copy a zero-byte file)
- COPY X D:\MY-DIR
- DELBUT D:\MY-DIR\X
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- It returns Errorlevel=1 if nothing is deleted or an error occurs.
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- For instructions, TYPE or edit the .COM file or run it with no command line.
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