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CLEANOUT v1.3 by Phil Herron REGISTRATION $18.00
DISK FILE DELETION UTILITY HERRON JAN90 UTIL
Update
* 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.
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.
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
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.
Hardware Requirements : IBM PC, XT, AT or compatible with at
least 64K RAM and one disk drive.
Other Requirements : DOS 2.1 or later.
(SDA format Copyright 1990 SDN Project for SDNet/Works! (sm))
JAN90 UTIL