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- Documentation for AX File Deletion Program Version 1k
-
- AX is a replacement for the DEL and ERASE commands in DOS. It was written
- after a person (who shall remain unnamed) accidently trashed fifteen
- megabytes of my public domain MS-DOS files because he was overtired and
- accidently said "DEL *.*" instead of "DEL A:*.*".
-
- So the mission of AX is to do what the DEL command does, except that before
- it deletes anything, it shows you what you are about to wipe out. If you
- get into the habit of using AX instead of DEL, one of these days you'll be
- glad you did.
-
- AX uses the same syntax as DEL: you say "AX " followed by any legal DOS file
- specification, which can include a drive designation and/or path and/or a
- filename. Wildcard characters (? and *) are allowed.
-
- AX and DEL treat all file specifications the same way, except for one
- special case. If you say "DEL A:", DEL will gripe and won't delete
- anything. However, if you give AX a drive designator only, it assumes you
- want to delete all files in the current directory of that drive. So saying
- "AX A:" means the same thing as saying "AX A:*.*". This difference is not
- accidental, but is intended as an improvement over DEL.
-
- AX is a public domain program, and therefore has no warranty, express or
- implied. Use it and enjoy. However, I would appreciate it if you would
- not distribute the program in modified form. If you want to pass it around,
- pass around a virgin copy.
-
- AX is believed to be 100% bug free. I use it all the time, and many of my
- friends do to. In the unlikely event you encounter a bug, a compatibility
- problem, or whatever, you may contact me at the address listed below.
-
- The files included in this distribution are:
-
- AX.EXE the runnable program
- AX.C the C source code
- AX.DOC this file
-
- Happy computing!
-
- D. David Kaufman
- P.O. Box 251
- Orange, MA 01364