
BYTE Magazine Software Corner
February 1992

Program Names: CHAINSAW, DCOPY, TREELIST
Program Type: DOS
Executable filename:CHAINSAW.EXE, DCOPY.EXE, TREELIST.EXE
Source filename:CHAINSAW.C, DCOPY.C, TREELIST.C
Language: C
Author:Barry Nance
Software Class: Freeware
For more information contact:
``barryn'' on BIX
or write to Barry Nance
c/o BYTE Magazine
One Phoenix Mill Lane
Peterborough, NH 03458

Description:
  One of three featured disk utility programs that make hard disk management
chores a bit easier. They're all free, written in C, and include source code.
  CHAINSAW prunes directory branches by recursively visiting each directory
level and deleting associated files and directories. Because CHAINSAW is so
powerful, I put a protective edit in the program; be sure to read the
CHAINSAW.TXT file for details.
  DCOPY uses best-fit logic to let you copy as many files as possible to a
single diskette. DCOPY fills up diskettes right to the last byte. It also
keeps track of the number of files that will fit into a diskette's root
directory and asks for the next diskette when it reaches capacity.
  TREELIST outputs a list of all subdirectories and associated files. Using
different arguments, you can direct the output to screen, a printer, or a
file.

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