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- ELIM 1.0
-
- Small program to delete files
- not accessible to DOS Del
-
- by
- Bob Eyer
- [73230,2620]
-
- Syntax:
-
- ELIM filename/wildcard
-
- Discussion:
- ----------
- The main purpose of ELIM is to enable the user to delete files
- which normal DOS DEL or ERASE cannot handle. For example, the
- user may run a poorly programmed utility which can create files
- which have a blank or other illegal character in the filename.
- DOS DEL will not be able to delete such a file. ELIM will solve
- the problem.
-
- Demo:
- ----
- Included in this archive are DEMO.BAT and CREATE.EXE. The batch
- file requires that both ELIM and CREATE are in your DOS path. The
- demo is merely a demonstration of the discussion above.
-
- Advantages:
- ----------
- ELIM does not prompt the user for confirmation, where a wildcard
- is used. Consequently, it is unnecessary to pipe a "y" to DEL in
- a batch file. Just use ELIM.
-
- ELIM supports wildcard shortcuts. For example, if one wishes to
- delete all the files in the TEST directory, one can do that simply
- by issuing the command
-
- ELIM TEST\.
-
- The following are also legitimate:
-
- ELIM .
- ELIM ..\.
-
- and so on.
-
- Errors:
- ------
- Where some or all of the files in question are unavailable to
- write access, or where the directory mentioned does not exist or
- is improperly specified, ELIM will return the error message
-
- Path/file access error
-
- and return a DOS error level of 1.
-
- This situation would normally arise where the file(s) are Read
- Only, or where, in a network situation, they are being accessed by
- another user without SHARE protection.
-
- WARNING:
- -------
- Avoid using ELIM in preference to DOS DEL, unless you really know
- what you are doing. The designers of DOS deliberately put in the
- 'Are you sure?' prompt on the DEL command for a reason, and that
- reason is that it's better to be safe than sorry.
-
- DISCLAIMER:
- ==========
- This program is circulated as public domain without any guarantee
- or warranty; and the user, by downloading this program, or any
- variant thereof or by receiving it or any of its versions in any
- other form, agrees to accept full responsibility for its use. It
- is therefore understood that the user accepts this program or any
- previous version as is.