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- 16-Aug-97
-
- Magic Delete v1.0 - PUBLIC BETA 2
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1:1 Copyright
- ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
- This program is freely distributable, providing that no commercial gain
- is made from its distribution, and no modification is made to the
- original archive, however if you use this program frequently then you
- must send the Author an E-MAIL.
-
- The author, Christian Vigard takes no responsibility at all, for whatever
- may happen you or your software/hardware caused by any of the files
- containing in this package.
-
- 1:2 Introduction
- ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Magic Delete is an easy-to-use, powerful deleting utility, which uses
- AmigaDOS standard wildcards for finding files.
-
- This program pretty much works a C= Delete command...
-
- The Story
- ~~~~~~~~~
- The story started one day when I took home the Hydra BBS Source Archive.
- The archive contained LOT's of unnecessary icons which just took a lot
- space on my HD.
-
- It took a long time to remove those icons by "hand", but with
- Magic Delete it only took a few seconds :-).
-
- << THIS IS JUST A PUBLIC BETA VERSION OF MAGIC DELETE >>
-
- 1:3 Features
- ~~~ ~~~~~~~~
- - Easy to use GTLayout-GUI (font sensitive).
-
- - AmigaOS Patterns (Up to 255 chars).
-
- - Recursive Directory Search.
-
- - [Delete All] - Delete all found files by pressing ONE button.
-
- - Executable size is just under 13Kb.
-
- - Uses reqtools.library for Requesters.
-
- - Plus more...
-
- 1:5 Requierments
- ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - This program needs at least Kickstart v2.04+
-
- - reqtools.library v38+
-
- - gtlayout.library v41+
-
- 1:6 Installation
- ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Not needed, just run the program.
-
- 1:7 Greetings & Thanks
- ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Mark Ritter : Lot's of help with gtlayout.library + ideas, THANKS!
-
- - Magnus Holmgren : reqtools.library rules!
-
- - Olaf Barthel : For creating gtlayout.library.
-
- - Tobias Persson : For testing this program + ideas, THANKS!.
-
- 1:8 ToDo
- ~~~ ~~~~
- - Abort Scan function.
-
- - Localize the program (?).
-
- - Argument Parser (When running from CLI).
-
- - Your Ideas.
-
- Future version of Magic Delete depends of YOU, if I don't receive any
- E-MAIL there will be no more updates of this program.
-
- 1:9 Last Words
- ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
- My english isn't the best because my native language is Swedish.
- So if you don't understand this text - sorry :).
-
- Feel free to send me icons that I can use with other versions
- of Magic Delete.
-
- 2:0 Contact Author
- ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Please send all Bug reports, Suggestions, Comments etc to:
-
- E-MAIL: vigard@swipnet.se
- FIDO: 2:200/630.10
-
- /Greetz Christian VigÄrd
-