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- BRANCH Version 1.0
- Path Management Utility
- Written by Wayne D. T. Johnson
-
- (C) COPYRIGHT 1986 by Digital Communications Consultants, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
-
- BRANCH is the copyrighted property of Digital Communications Consultants.
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- distristribute it, provided that the following conditions are met:
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- 1) BRANCH may not be sold, however a nominal distribution fee may be charged
- to cover media cost, shipping and/or handling.
-
- 2) All copies of this program shall contain this notice.
-
- 3) All derivatives of the original code (both source, object and executable
- remain the property of Digital Communications Consultants, and are bound
- by this license.
-
- 4) Digital Communications Consultants has tested the original version of
- BRANCH, however, in no eveny will Digital Communications Consultants
- be liable for any damages caused by this program, or its derivatives.
-
- Any voluntary contributions for the use of this program will be
- appreciated, and should be sent to:
-
- Wayne D. T. Johnson
- Digital Communications Consultants
- 3947 Penn Ave No.
- Minneapolis, MN 55412
-
-
- A word about user supported software:
-
- The user supported software concept (usually referred to as
- "freeware") is an attempt to provide software at low cost. The cost
- of offering a new product by conventional channels is staggering, and
- hence dissuades many independant authors and small companies from
- developing and promoting their ideas. User supported software is an
- attempt to develop a new marketing channel, where products can be
- introduced at low cost.
-
- If user supported software works, then everyone will benefit. The
- user will benefit by receiving quality products at low cost, and by
- being able to "test drive" software thoroughly before purchasing it.
- The author benefits by being able to enter the commercial software
- arena without first needing large sources of venture capital.
-
- But it can only work with your support. We're not just talking about
- BRANCH here, but about all user supported software. If you find that you
- are still using a program after a couple of weeks, then pretty
- obviously it is worth something to you, and you should send in a
- contribution.
-
-
-
- Branch allows the user to execute a command for each and every sub-directory
- (branch) of the current directory. It is very useful for erasing un-wanted
- .BAK files, or sorting each sub-directory.
-
- An example:
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- BRANCH DEL *.BAK
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- will find and delete all .BAK files on any and all sub-directorys.
- NOTE: CAUTION must be used when using BRANCH!
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- BRANCH will start its searching from the current directory. If you have
- a directory TREE like:
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- ROOT
- |
- ---------------------------------------
- | | |
- DIRECTORY 1 DIRECTORY 2 DIRECTORY 3
- | |
- --------------- |
- | | |
- DIRECTORY A DIRECTORY B DIRECTORY C
-
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- and start BRANCH while using directory DIRECTORY 1, branch will execute
- your command for DIRECTORY 1, DIRECTORY A, and DIRECTORY B. If you start
- BRANCH on DIRECTORY 2, BRANCH will execute your command for DIRECTORY 2 and
- DIRECTORY C.
-