delp

Section: Free Pascal file deletion tool (1)
Updated: 12 Dec 1999
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NAME

delp - The Free Pascal file deletion tool.

SYNOPSIS

delp [options] directory

DESCRIPTION

delp deletes files in the specified directory that are left over from a Free Pascal compilation process. It knows what files can be produced by the compile steps and deletes any such files it finds. At the end it gives a summary of the number of files that were deleted, together with the amount of bytes freed by this process.

USAGE

delp takes the following options at this time:

-e: Delete all executable files as well. This option has no effect on Linux.
-h: Displays a short help message.
-q: Be more quiet. Normally, delp gives a count of the number of files deleted. If this option is given, no messages are displayed.

FILE TYPES:

The following file types are recognized by the program and are deleted:

*.exe: Executable files under dos and windows. Only deleted if the -e option is given.
*.so *.dll: Shared libraries under linux and Windows.
*.tpu *.tpp *.tpw *.tr: Turbo Pascal compiled units.
*.log *.bak: Backup files and log files.
*.ppu *.o *.a *.s: Compiled units, object files, archives and assembler files created by the Free Pascal compiler on Linux or Dos
*.ppw *.ow *.aw *.sw: Compiled units, object files, archives and assembler files created by the Free Pascal compiler on Windows.
*.pp1 *.o1 *.a1 *.s1: Compiled units, object files, archives and assembler files created by the Free Pascal compiler on the go321v1 platform.
*.ppo *.oo *.ao *.so: Compiled units, object files, archives and assembler files created by the Free Pascal compiler on the OS/2 platform.
ppas.bat ppas.sh link.res fpcmaked: Batch files, link script and makefile utility files.