NAME

   rdel 36.2 (18.3.95)


COPYRIGHT

   This program is Copyright (c) 1995 Ralph Seichter, all rights reserved.
You may however freely use it and give copies to your friends, as long as
you don't add data to or remove data from the distribution archive. You may
*NOT* include any part of the distribution archive in a commercial software
package. If you want to contact me, write to <zodiac@darkness.gun.de>.


PURPOSE

   Recursively scans a directory (or a list of directories) for files which
match a given AmigaDOS pattern. Files can be deleted and/or displayed in
the current CLI window. 'rdel' will always scan the complete subdirectory
tree if you don't specify a maximum scan depth. Only files will be deleted,
all directories remain untouched. Please note that 'rdel' is pure, you can
thus make it resident.


A WORD OF WARNING

   This program was designed to delete files, always keep that in mind!
Toying with the wrong patterns in the wrong directories can be fatal. If
you type "rdel sys: #? force", you'll get what you asked for.


USAGE

   The supported command line parameters are:

      DIRECTORY/A/M    Directory (or directories) to scan.

      PATTERN/A        AmigaDOS pattern (i.e. "#?.info).

      DEPTH/K/N        Maximum scan depth. Depth 0 is the directory which
                       was specified, depth 1 contains the first level of
                       subdirectories, depth 2 the second, and so on.

      FORCE/S          Override delete protection flags.

      PRTONLY/S        Print file names only, do not delete. This option
                       overrides QUIET.

      QUIET/S          Don't print anything.

   Never ever try to run 'rdel' from Workbench! Depending on the directory
structure, 'rdel' may require significant amounts of stack, so if it should
ever crash, increase the stack size and try again. In most cases, however,
the standard 4 KB are sufficient. 'dos.library' V36 (OS 2.x or better) is
required.


EXAMPLE

   Imagine you'd like to remove all icon files from your Work: and FooBar:
partitions. A simple "rdel Work: FooBar: #?.info" will do the job. If you
want to get a list of all the files on your SYS: partition which have the
string "pref" in their name, use "rdel SYS: #?pref#? prtonly".


DISCLAIMER

   THIS MATERIAL IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION
ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE USE, RESULTS, AND
PERFORMANCE OF THIS MATERIAL IS ASSUMED BY YOU AND IF THE PRODUCT SHOULD
PROVE TO BE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY
SERVICING, REPAIR, OR OTHER REMEDIATION.