J(SO> can anyone help me with a simple batch file that I could run
 J(SO> occaisionally to delete files with the extension .&&& in all
 J(SO> directories on my hard drive?

PC Magazine's sweep.com should work, "sweep del *.&&&" from the
root directory.


Command                                         No. 31
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Purpose:  Causes a command to be successively executed
          in every subdirectory on a hard disk.

Format:   SWEEP Command [parameter(s)]

Remarks:  SWEEP starts from the current directory.  In
          order to use SWEEP to extend the range of a
          command to all the subdirectories on a disk,
          use CD (if necessary) to make the root
          directory your current directory.  From the
          root directory, the command

               SWEEP DIR

          will display the listings, by subdirectory,
          of every non-hidden file on the disk.  To
          erase all the .BAK files on a disk you need
          only get into the root directory and issue
          the command

               SWEEP DEL *.BAK

          SWEEP itself will not accept parameters other
          than its command.  Thus, if you are on drive
          C: and wish a directory of all files on drive
          D: to be sent to your printer, you must first
          make drive D: the current drive before you
          issue the command

               SWEEP DIR > LPT1

          (In this case you would either need a copy of
          SWEEP.COM on drive D: or else drive D: would
          have to be listed on your PATH.)

          SWEEP can execute .BAT file commands (and
          even non-DOS commands, such as LOCATE.COM).
          A useful file called CLEAN.BAT might consist
          of the three lines

          DEL *.BAK
          DEL *.TMP
          DEL *.OBJ

          From the root directory, if you then enter

               SWEEP CLEAN

          all .BAK, .TMP, and .OBJ files will be erased
          from the disk.

          Notes:

          1.   Requires DOS 2.0 or later.


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e131 "ld, 1985"1A "Needs DOS 2.0 +$Allocation Problem$SWEEP: COMM"
e168 "AND Problem$SWEEP: Abnormal Exit$"0 0 0 "COMSPEC="0 0 0 0 0
e199 0 "}"0 0 0 "\"0 0 0 "l"0 0 0 "*.*"0 ".."0 8F 4 0 B4 "0"CD "!"
e1B4 "<"2 "s"9 BA ":"1 B4 9 CD "!"CD " "86 C4 A3 89 1 BC 8F 4 BB
e1CA FE 9 B1 4 D3 EB B4 "J"CD "!s"5 BA "J"1 EB E0 6 BB ","0 8E 7
e1E1 "+"FF BE 8C 1 FC "&"80 "="0 "t"14 "VW"B9 8 0 F3 A6 "_^t"F "*"
e1F9 C0 B9 FF FF F2 AE EB E6 7 BA "]"1 EB B4 83 C7 8 89 ">"94 1 8C
e20F 6 96 1 8C 6 98 1 8C E 9C 1 8C E A0 1 8C E A4 1 7 A0 80 0 4 3
e228 A2 "}"0 C6 6 "~"0 " "C7 6 7F 0 "/C"B8 0 "3"CD "!"88 16 8B 1
e23F "*"D2 B8 1 "3"CD "!"BA "<"3 B8 "#%"CD "!"B4 19 CD "!"4 "A"A2
e255 13 1 BE "O"3 "*"D2 B4 "G"CD "!"BE 16 1 "*"D2 B4 "G"CD "!"BE 3
e26B 1 FC AC A C0 "t"8 8A D0 B4 2 CD "!"EB F3 B9 F4 1 B4 B CD "!"
e281 E2 FA 81 ">"89 1 A 3 "r"C B2 D B4 2 CD "!"B2 A B4 2 CD "!"BB
e298 98 1 C5 16 94 1 "*"C0 B4 "K"CD "!"8C C8 8E D8 8E C0 8E D0 BC
e2AD 8F 4 9C "*"D2 B8 1 "3"CD "!"8A 16 13 1 80 EA "A"B4 E CD "!"9D
e2C3 BA "]"1 "r"C BA 15 1 B4 ";"CD "!s"A BA "t"1 B4 9 CD "!"EB "b"
e2DA 90 8B 16 AD 1 B4 1A CD "!"80 ">"AF 1 0 "u"C BA A6 1 B9 10 0
e2F0 B4 "N"CD "!"EB 4 B4 "O"CD "!r%"8B 1E AD 1 F6 "G"15 10 "t"F0
e306 83 C3 1E 80 "?.t"E8 8B D3 B4 ";"CD "!"83 6 AD 1 "+"C6 6 AF 1
e31D 0 E9 "?"FF 81 ">"AD 1 8F 4 "t"13 83 "."AD 1 "+"C6 6 AF 1 FF
e333 BA AA 1 B4 ";"CD "!"EB 9F BA "N"3 B4 ";"CD "!"8A 16 8B 1 B8 1
e349 "3"CD "!"CD " \"
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 Save the script between the hash marks to an ASCII file.
 At the DOS prompt enter,  "DEBUG < filename"
 where "filename" is the name of the saved ASCII file.
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