paoconnell
Programmer
Wayyyy back in the mists of time (early 90s) DOS and Windows 3.x ran in 16 bit space. In those days, there was a program called sweep.exe that would start in the current directory and execute a DOS command (with arguments) on that directory and all of its subdirectory tree, e.g.
sweep del *.bak
would remove all .bak files from the current directory and subdirectories, and their subdirectories ad infinitum.
Sweep was useful for removing .bak, .obj, and other temporary files during a development process, as well as (for instance) compiling all source modules in a tree.
Sweep.exe still exists, but hasn't been maintained since the early 90s, and doesn't recognize long filenames, which were first implemented in Win95 and WinNT.
The question: Is there a functional equivalent to sweep that runs from the cmd box, and will recognize long filenames?
Pat O'Connell
Visualize Whirled Peas
sweep del *.bak
would remove all .bak files from the current directory and subdirectories, and their subdirectories ad infinitum.
Sweep was useful for removing .bak, .obj, and other temporary files during a development process, as well as (for instance) compiling all source modules in a tree.
Sweep.exe still exists, but hasn't been maintained since the early 90s, and doesn't recognize long filenames, which were first implemented in Win95 and WinNT.
The question: Is there a functional equivalent to sweep that runs from the cmd box, and will recognize long filenames?
Pat O'Connell
Visualize Whirled Peas