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- DDel v1.07
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- Copyright 1989 by The Thin White Duke.
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- Dos DEL/ERASE Replacement.
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- i DISCLAIMER
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- This program comes with no warranty, expressed or otherwise. Use
- of this program is at your own risk. But you have nothing to
- fear from it, anyway.
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- This program is Shareware. Information on Registering the product
- is located at the end of this file.
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- Table of Contents:
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- What is DDel? ........................1
- How is it used? ......................2
- Setting Default Parameters ...........3
- Using Multiple Filespecs .............4
- Where is DDel written in? ............5
- Where to Register/Get the source .....6
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- 1 What is DDel?
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- DDel is a replacement for DOS's DEL and ERASE commands. DDel has
- the ability to do things that DOS is not capable of doing.
- Such as:
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- Colour
- Add up total file size of deleted files.
- Specify multiple filespecs on the command line.
- Prompt for each file before deleting it (optional).
- Set default parameters in the DOS Environment.
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- 2 How is it used?
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- The general format for DDel is as follows:
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- DDEL filespec.ext [...] [/? /b /D /s /N /p]
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- The [...] signifies that additional filespecs are optional.
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- The command parameters have the following meanings. Defaults are
- in capitals.
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- /? Show program information.
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- /b Use default background. Default is to use Black.
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- /D Show each file name as it is deleted.
- /s Delete file w/o displaying filename (unless in prompt mode).
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- /N Do not prompt for each file before deleting it.
- /p Prompt for each file before deleting it.
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- /h Allow deletion of hidden files.
- /I Disallow deletion of hidden files.
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- /y Allow deletion of system files.
- /Z Disallow deletion of system files.
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- You can specify the parameters in one group, such as /BS if you
- like. The parser is not case sensitive.
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- 3 Setting Default Parameters.
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- You can set default parameters by setting the value of a DOS
- Environment variable called DDEL. You can do this with DOS's SET
- command. Example:
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- set ddel=sb
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- This would tell DDel to run in silent mode (not showing file names
- as they get deleted) and to use the current background colour.
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- Note that command line parameters override SET defaults. So if
- the previous SET example was in effect, if you would enter the
- following DDel command:
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- DDel *.c /D
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- You would see the output in the default background colour of your
- system but you would also see the filenames of each file as it is
- deleted since the '/D' command line parameter takes precedence over
- the default as in the SET command.
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- Once you get a feel for the program you should put a SET DDEL=
- command in your autoexec.bat file set to the way you most often
- use DDel.
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- 4 Using Multiple Filespecs.
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- You can specify up to 8 filespecs on a single command line. When
- you specify more than one they will be deleted in the order that
- they were entered on the command line.
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- Example:
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- DDEL c:\*.bak a:*.*
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- This command (presuming that you did not have the prompt 'P' command
- in the SET defaults) would delete all of the .BAK files in your root
- directory of your C: drive and then would prompt you to make sure
- that you wanted to delete all of the files in the A: drive. DDel
- will only ask "Are You Sure?" when you use a *.* as a filename, just
- like DOS does.
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- 5 What Is DDel Written In?
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- DDel is written in Borland's Turbo C v1.5.
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- The source code can be obtained by sending $5.00 US and a disk to
- the address at the end of this file.
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- 6 Where To Register.
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- Non-Corporate users may register for $5.00 ($8.00 to have the current
- version mailed to you).
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- Site licenses may be obtained for the following:
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- 1 to 10 users: $20.00
- 11 to 30 users: $40.00
- 31 and greater: $60.00
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- Source code costs $5.00 separate, and is free with a Site
- License.
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- Send check Payable to M. F. Oryl Jr. at the following address.
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- M. F. Oryl Jr.
- 375 Allentown Rd.
- Souderton, PA 18964
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- If you have any questions or comments, or <shudder> 'bug'
- reports, please call me at The Fire Command Center BBS and leave
- me feedback or write me a letter through good ol' US mail.
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