DEL2LIST.EXE

del2list.exe name-and-path-of-list-file 
complete-name-and-path-of-deleted-file 
optional-seconds-to-wait
optional-default-directory
optional-command-to-perform
optional-parameter-to-command ...

The first two (2) parameters are strictly for the purposes of maintaining the inuse file. The other parameters facilitate keeping a ‘reference’ copy of the contents of the configuration management tool up to date.

The seconds-to-wait parameter specifies the number of seconds to wait before performing the command, this may be particularly useful for avoiding deadlock situations. Specifying a seconds to wait of other than 0 in windows, forces the del2list command to operate as an asynchronous process (in Unix use the & operator as normal to create an asynchronous process).

Whilst the last four (4) parameters are optional, if you wish to specify a later parameter, you must specify the earlier parameters (e.g., you cannot specify command-to-perform without specifying seconds-to-wait and default-directory, but they may be 0 and .).

The filenames may optionally contain special strings that are replaced by del2list before it writes the filename to the inuse file:

del2list recognises the following options:

Note

The comparison that del2list performs on the filenames is case sensitive, so if the inuse file contains H:\fred.xml and del2list requests the deletion of h:\fred.xml, no match will be made.

Example

del2list h:\inuse g:\src\uform\A001.XML 2 . command.com /c dir

or

del2list h:\inuse  :cwd:A001.XML 2 . command.com /c dir 

For more information about the INUSE file please see: