mdel v1.0
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Copyright (c) 1997 Magnus Baeck
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/5159/apps.html
baeck@swipnet.se
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1. Purpose
2. Syntax
3. Known issues
4. Notes on distribution

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1. Purpose
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Deletes the files received from stdin, one file per line. The Win32
version can, optionally, send the files to the recycle bin instead.

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2. Syntax
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DOS:   MDEL.EXE [/?]
Win32: MDEL32.EXE [/?] [/R[ECYCLE]]

/? displays a brief help screen, /RECYCLE (or just /R) send the file(s)
to the recycle bin. The latter is only available under Win32.

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3. Known issues
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Due to the Win32 API call SHFileOperation() that takes care of the file 
recycling, full path must be given for the files to recycle - no relative
paths are allowed (a bit lazy by me, but I don't think this will be much
of a problem). You can, however, omit any path specification and only
input the file names. Then the current directory will be assumed. This only 
applies to the Win32 version when file recycling is used.

mdel was developed and tested with Borland C++ 5.01 but should also compile 
with earlier BC++ compilers. It has not been tested with a compiler from
another vendor.

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4. Downloading
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  * MDEL100.ZIP (50 kB) from GeoCities, U.S.A.
    http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/5159/mdel100.zip
  * MDEL100.ZIP (50 kB) from Tele2/Swipnet, Sweden.
    http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-22337/mdel100.zip

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5. Notes on distribution
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mdel is freeware and may be freely distributed on any electronic media as 
long as nothing is charged for it, except for nominal copying costs. If 
you upload it to an FTP och WWW site or some other service, such as BBSes 
(which I do encourage), I would appreciate if you'd notify me.

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