Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!rochester!udel!princeton!phoenix!asjoshi
From: asjoshi@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Amit S. Joshi)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc
Subject: 'rm' a Unix(tm) lookalike replacement for 'del'
Message-ID: <1301@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 11 Dec 87 20:08:20 GMT
Reply-To: asjoshi@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Amit S. Joshi)
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
Lines: 248
Keywords: rm delete del IBM/PC

Hello,

This is my first attempt at posting something and also the
first program that I am actually posting, so please forgive
me if I tread on any toes or in general destroy somebody's 
feelings etc.

Appended is a uuencoded archive 'rm.arc' which contains two
files :
	rm.doc	-	using the program
	rm.exe	-	the program itself
Sorry but no source (it's a most disturbinly badly coded etc.
program and I would be ashamed to say I wrote it....)

The program (hopefully) emulates the Unix(tm) command 'rm'.
I wrote it after I got tired of typing del 1, del 2, del 3
and so on. I think it does all that the standard unix 'rm'
command does, except that it does not accept options in the 
form '-ir' (it ignores  the 'r' option) to give multiple
options you have to specify each seperately (for the example
it would be '-i -r'). The reason is that it has two new features
that 'rm' doesn't. For one you can turn options on and off and
options apply to files following the option on the command line
only, Combined the two features mean that you can apply options 
selectively to parts of the command line. See the documentation
for details on using it.

Disclaimer: There is no warranty impliesd or otherwise about its
capabilties and/or fitness for any purpose.

Please send bug reports and suggestions to me:

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