CLEANOUT v1.3 by Phil Herron             REGISTRATION $18.00
DISK FILE DELETION UTILITY HERRON JAN90 UTIL

Update

*  File contents can be VIEWED before disposal.
*  Prompted file deletion.
*  File search covers all directories of a drive.
*  Can be incorporated into batch routines.
*  Quantity discounts for multiple registrations.
*  NEW in this version: Display is no longer fixed white
   on black, but now uses the default colors in effect
   when the program was started.

Syntax: CLEANOUT [filename.ext] [/N(o confirmation)]

CLEANOUT is a selective file deletion utility for diskette
and hard drive cleanup.  It searches through all directories
of the default drive for file(s) specified on the command
line.  Wildcard characters * and ? are legal.  Some of the
more common wildcard combinations specifying "ALL files",
such as *.* and *.???, are trapped so you won't easily
delete everything on the drive.

Each time a matching file is found, the user is prompted for
disposition: Delete or Save.  File contents, either text or
binary, can be VIEWED before making the decision.  A single
press of the "S" key saves a file; a double press of the "D"
key deletes it.

The optional [/N] mode allows deleting files with NO
confirmation prompting or user interaction.

CLEANOUT can be called from a batch file.  If you have a
logoff batch file that performs functions such as writing
the time and date to a log file and parking hard disk
heads, add the line

      CLEANOUT *.BAK /N

to the batch file, prior to the point where it parks the
heads.  From then on all your BAK files will be cleaned out
automatically.

CLEANOUT returns a DOS ErrorLevel value which can be used to
control subsequent operations.  A batch file employing
ErrorLevel is included in the documentation; it can delete
specified files from more than one drive.  The batch file
can be expanded to cover every drive in a system.


Hardware Requirements : IBM PC, XT, AT or compatible with at
                        least 64K RAM and one disk drive.

Other Requirements    : DOS 2.1 or later.

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