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- This help contains the following chapters :
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- 1. Introduction
- 2. How to use UDEL ?
- 3. UDEL Window Controls
- 4. Hints
- 5. UDEL limits
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- ____________________________ 1. INTRODUCTION _______________________________
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- UDEL for Windows is a utility to delete Files and/or Directories and sub-
- directories (even if not empty) with numerous options (see below).
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- UDEL is distributed as shareware, which means if you've downloaded it from a
- bulletin board or obtained it from a friend, you can try it out before you
- decide whether you'd like to keep it. Like all shareware, if you do decide to
- keep UDEL, you must pay a registration fee.
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- UDEL is a copyrighted program protected by both international and U.S. copy-
- right law. If you obtained UDEL from an on-line computer service or bulletin
- board, a friend or colleague, or another similar source, you have an unre-
- gistered (trial) copy.
- You are authorized to use this copy without charge for a limited period of
- time (One month). After this time is up, you must register and pay for
- UDEL to continue using it.
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- UDEL is shipped with a DOS and a Windows version. The fee is for both ver-
- sions.
- You may freely give your copy of UDEL but without discarding or modifiing
- any of the files in the package which MUST contain :
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- UDEL.EXE Executable DOS file
- UDELW.EXE Executable Windows file
- UDEL_END.HLP DOS version english help file
- UDEL_FRD.HLP DOS version erench help file
- UDEL_ENW.HLP Windows version English help file
- README.TXT UDEL introduction english text file
- MELIRE.TXT UDEL introduction french text file
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- The registration fee for a single copy of both versions UDEL is $20 (or 120
- French Francs).
- Corporate licenses are available. Please, contact us.
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- Payment of this fee entitles you to :
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- . A diskette with the latest version of UDEL, registered to you.
- . A complete ready-to-print documentation file.
- . A free upgrade to the next major version of UDEL. Future upgrades will be
- available for downloading from different sources ; if you do not have a
- modem there will be a minimal processing charge ($5 including shipping) to
- obtain an upgrade on diskette.
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- If you like UDEL and decide to pay your fee, please send it to :
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- GREEN Informatique
- ATTN : Mr. Georges PLANELLES
- Rue du Tour de l'Eau
- ZI de Champ Roman
- F-38400 ST MARTIN D'HERES
- FRANCE
- Fax : (33) 76.44.34.50
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- And please, don't forget to give the following informations :
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- - Your complete address,
- - Version number of your copy of UDEL.
- - Diskette format desired.
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- For outside Europe users, if you want a fast delivery via air mail (instead
- of surface mail - may last one or two monthes), please add $3.
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- Every remark or suggestion or bug report about UDEL will be welcome.
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- __________________________ 2. HOW TO USE UDEL ? ____________________________
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- What is UDEL ?
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- UDEL allows you to select and delete files AND directories across disks or
- partitions if desired, all in one click.
- Several file specifications are allowed.
- Several options allow you to select with precision which files to delete.
- UDEL may also only list the selected files acting like a more powerful
- WHEREIS.
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- !!! BE CAREFUL !!!
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- This tool may be EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
- As an example, when 'Delete Recursively' and 'Across partitions' check boxes
- are checked and the [All] drive is selected in the partitions list box and
- '\*.*' is typed in the 'Files/Directories to delete' edit box, UDEL
- deletes ALL files AND ALL directories on ALL mounted disks or partitions
- (incredible, isn't it ? Yes, but fast and efficient ! I hope you have a
- recent backup)
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- To install UDEL for Windows, you only have to copy files UDELW.EXE and
- UDEL_ENW.HLP (this help file) to the same directory and add UDEL to the
- Program Manager or to your application launcher (Launch, METZ Runner or
- Desktop Helper, for example).
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- _________________________ 3. UDEL Window Controls __________________________
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- General Controls
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- > 'About...' push button
- Opens an about dialog box with a 'Register' button.
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- > 'Help' push button
- Launches 'notepad.exe' with the 'UDEL_ENW.HLP' text file (this file).
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- > 'Save Options' push button
- Save the state of the different option check boxes. At next launch of UDEL
- these options will be set automatically.
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- Controls associated with the list of files to delete
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- > 'Files/Directories to delete' edit box
- This box contains a list of pathes of files and/or directories to delete.
- This specs may be typed by the user (for file specs with wildcard charac-
- ters) or added to the list via the two 'Add xxx Below' push buttons.
- If typed by the user, file specs MUST be separated by commas.
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- > 'Add Dir. Below' push button
- If one directory or drive is selected in the above list box, the selected
- path is added to the 'Files...delete' edit box.
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- > 'Add File(s) Below' push button
- If one or several files are selected in the above list box, the selected
- file specs are added to the 'Files...delete' edit box.
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- > 'Last' push button
- When a list or delete operation is finished, the 'Files...delete' edit box
- is cleared. You may recall your last list of file specs with a click on this
- button.
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- Option Controls
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- > 'Confirm Files' check box
- If checked, UDEL will ask you to confirm the deletion of each file.
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- > 'Delete Hidden & System files' check box
- If checked, UDEL will also delete hidden files and system files.
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- > 'Delete read-only files' check box
- If checked, UDEL will also delete read-only files.
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- > 'Fill file with zeroes' check box
- If checked, UDEL will replace the content of the file with zeroes before
- deleting it. This prevents undelete operations with popular tools like
- PC-Tools or Norton Utilities.
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- > 'Delete According to date' check box
- If checked, UDEL will only delete files older or newer (depending on the
- checked radio button) than the date typed in the edit box.
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- > 'Delete Recursively' check box
- If checked, UDEL will also scan all sub-directories of the current directory
- to find and delete specified files.
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- Following options work only if the 'Delete Recursively' option is checked.
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- > 'Across Partitions' check box and list box
- If checked, UDEL will not only scan the current drive but also selected
- drives in the list box.
- This option works only with file specifications of the form '\<file spec>'
- where <file spec> is a single file name (without directory spec) which may
- include wildcard characters (* or ?) like '\*.BAK', for example.
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- > 'Confirm Directories' check box
- If checked, UDEL will ask you to confirm the deletion of each directory (but
- not of files in the directory if the corresponding check box is not checked).
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- > 'First Level Only' check box
- With the 'Delete Recursively' option checked, if \AAA\BBB and \AAA\CCC\BBB
- subdirectories are present in the current drive (same BBB name, but not at
- the same level in the tree), the file spec '\AAA\BBB' will delete both BBB
- subdirectories in the tree because all subdirectories of AAA will be scanned
- not only the \AAA\BBB one.
- This may be annoying if not wanted (!).
- The 'First Level' option tells UDEL to scan only from the first level of
- subdirectories.
- In the above example, only '\AAA\BBB' will be destroyed (including all its
- possible subdirectories) because UDEL will scan only the first level of
- files under 'AAA' to find a 'BBB' file or directory.
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- Operation Controls
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- > 'List Only' push button
- Will only list the found files according to the different files specs and
- selected options.
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- > 'Delete' push button
- The name of this button is clear. Click on it only if you are sure of what
- you are doing !
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- > 'Quit' push button
- The name of this button is also clear enough, but it is a little bit less
- dangerous. You may click on it even if you are not sure.
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- _______________________________ 4. HINTS ___________________________________
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- Because UDEL may be extremely dangerous, please, first click on the 'List
- Only' push button and inspect the list. Then, when you are sure, click on
- the 'Last' push button to recall your list of file specs, click on the
- 'Delete' one and pray.
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- When UDEL is deleting files, the 'Quit' push button becomes a 'Stop !' push
- button. If you have 'Oops !' clicked on the 'Delete' button, you may stop
- UDEL with this stop button.
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- _____________________________ 5. UDEL LIMITS _______________________________
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- UDEL is NOT able to delete read-only directories.
- "But what can be the use of such a read-only directory ?" could you say.
- An example of such a directory is the protection directory of Excel 2.x (in the
- french version). This directory is also invisible. No one has to create a
- file in this directory, only Excel has to control that this directory exists
- and is invisible and is read-only.
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- _______________________________ LAST WORDS _________________________________
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- To english readers: If you have read this text before it has been corrected
- by somebody who really speaks english, I think you have understood that english
- is not my native language.
- Be that as it may, I hope you have also understood this help (*) even if you
- would'nt have written it exactly like it was ...
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- (*) That is to say I hope you do not need help to read this help !
-