Title:      "Clearing Old Directories"
Reference:  PC World June 1990
Author:     Joel M. Wilson
Files:      RDIR.DOC, RDIR.BAT

The batch file RDIR.BAT uses a little-known DOS technique to automate
directory deletions. When you type del dirname to delete the files in
a directory, DOS asks, "Are you sure (Y/N)?" RDIR.BAT uses echo y to
answer that question for you.

Copy RDIR.BAT to a directory in the current path. Use the program to
remove one or more directories plus any files they contain. For
example, if the current directory has two subdirectories, TEMP1 and
TEMP2, enter rdir temp1 temp2 to remove those directories and delete
all of their files.

If a subdirectory you attempt to remove contains other directories,
you'll receive an "Invalid path..." message. In that case, use CD to
make the subdirectories current and RDIR to remove all directories in
the path. If you receive the error message "File not found," the
directory was already empty before RDIR removed it.

--[Cut here]----------------------------------------------------------

echo off
:loop
if "%1"=="" goto end
echo.
echo Directory %1 is about to be deleted.
echo Press Ctrl-CY to cancel or
pause
echo Y | del %1 >nul
rd %1 >nul
shift
goto loop
:end
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