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- Trash Compactor Version 1.11
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- What is it?
- Well, it goes through any directory passed to it by the CLI and deletes
- all files that are older than a specified number of days. It traverses
- the sub-directories recursively and deletes empty subdirs.
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- Why?
- Well. If I put files in my trashcan, I almost always forget to empty
- the trash. Now, this program gets executed everytime my computer boots
- and deletes old files. Of course, if I want something to die instantly
- I can still use the CLI or the Workbench's delete function or Empty
- trash...
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- How to Use it...
- The command line looks like this:
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- tc [-n] [Path1] [Path2] ... [Path10] [QUIET]
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- where:
- n = maximum age of files (in days) before deletion occurs. The
- maximum value is 28, the default is 5, and the minimum is 1.
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- Path# = Up to ten different directories to check for deletion.
- These files don't _have_ to actually be trashcans. Any
- directory will do. Just don't set it to C: or something
- like that... 8)
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- QUIET is a switch that will suppress the program's output. Some
- error messages will still get printed.
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- Notes:
- It is imperative that the system date is set correctly. If its not then
- you may find unexpected results. The program _can_ be interrupted with
- a control-c if a wrong system date confuses the program.
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- The use of this program is at your own risk and I assume no responsibility
- for any problems that occur.
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- Stephan
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