From: alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk (Alaric B. Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Uninstalling components
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 18:21:18 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

>You don't need a utility to do that, that's what those manifest files are
>all about.  Using them, any DJGPP-compiled program that deletes files
>given on the command line will do.  For example, use `rm' from GNU
>Fileutils like this: 

>	rm -rvf @manifest/fil313b.mft

>This will delete all the files which come with fil313b.zip.  Neat, eh?

Beware! libhw, for example, overwrites djgpp.lnk / djgpp.djl - so if
you do this, you lose that file and have to reinstall it from the
original distribution!


ABW
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