contools--recent-lists

• README_EN.txt
• 2024.12.12
• contools--recent-lists

1. DESCRIPTION
2. CATALOG CONTENT DESCRIPTION
3. EXTERNALS
4. USAGE 4.1. Generate config files 4.2. Edit generated config files 4.3. Run cleanup scripts
5. LIST FORMATS
6. AUTHOR

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1. DESCRIPTION

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Recent list scripts to:

• Cleanup application recent lists.

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2. CATALOG CONTENT DESCRIPTION

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| +- /`.log` | # | # Log files directory, where does store all log files from all scripts | # including all nested projects. | +- /`_config` | # | # Directory with input configuration files. | +- /`_out` | | # | | # Output directory for all files. | | | +- /`config` | | # | | # Output directory for all configuration files. | | | +- /`contools--recent-lists` | | # | | # Output directory for the scripts configuration files. | | | +- /`lists` | | | | | +- `*.lst`, `*.ini` | | # | | # Recent list configuration files. | | | +- `config.0.vars` | # | # Scripts environment variables. | +- `/scripts/*.bat` # # Scripts.

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3. EXTERNALS

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See details in

in

externals

project:

https://github.com/andry81/externals

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4. USAGE

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4.1. Generate config files

Run:

init/init.bat

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4.2. Edit generated config files

lists/.lst lists/.ini config.0.vars

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4.3. Run cleanup scripts

To cleanup particular application recent list:

scripts/cleanup_*.bat

To cleanup all recent lists:

scripts/_cleanup_all.bat

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5. LIST FORMATS

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|...

1. reg||...

1.1. reg|*|

Cleanup entire key path

1.2. reg|.|||

Cleanup a single key path with exact key name match.

1.3. reg|n|[*]||[*]

Cleanup multiple keys with path and name globbing pattern match.

CAUTION:

pattern won't work if a value of the

<RegKeyName>

is too long.

CAUTION:

must be without whitespaces.

1.3.1 ...|*||

Cleanup multiple key paths with exact name match from key path recursively.

1.3.2 ...|||*

Cleanup multiple key names with inexact name match by single key path.

1.3.3 ...|*||*

Cleanup multiple key names with inexact name match from key path recursively.

1.4. reg|m|||...

Cleanup multiple keys with subkey path regex match (

).

NOTE: Currently only =1 is supported.

1.4.1 ...|*|1|||

Cleanup entire key path using match pattern: <RegSubkeyRegexMatch><RegKeyPathSuffix>

NOTE: If

is

.

, then treated as empty.

Example: reg|m||1|HKEY_USERS|S-[0-9].[0-9]|Software\MyApp\RecentList

Resulted path pattern: HKEY_USERS\S-[0-9].*[0-9]\Software\MyApp\RecentList

1.4.2 ...|.|1|||||

Cleanup multiple key paths with exact key name and type match.

NOTE: If

is

.

, then treated as empty.

Example: reg|m|.|1|HKEY_USERS|S-[0-9].*[0-9]|Software\MyApp|REG_SZ|History

Resulted path pattern and key type: HKEY_USERS\S-[0-9].*[0-9]\Software\MyApp\History, REG_SZ

1.4.3 ...|n|1|||[*]||[*]

Cleanup multiple key paths with path and name globbing pattern match.

NOTE: If

is

.

, then treated as empty.

Example: reg|m|n|1|HKEY_USERS|S-[0-9].[0-9]|Software\MyApp*|REG_SZ|History

Resulted path pattern and key type: HKEY_USERS\S-[0-9].[0-9]\Software\MyApp*\History, REG_SZ

2. file||...

2.1. file|ini||...

2.1.1. file|ini|*||

Cleanup multiple ini file sections in the expanded file path.

3. cmd||...

3.1. cmd|rmdir||

Remove a directory.

CAUTION: To apply all variables expansion in

a cleanup script must run from respective session or process which has that environment variable. For example,

%COMMANDER_INI%

variable exists only under the

Total Commander

session.

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6. AUTHOR

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Andrey Dibrov (andry at inbox dot ru)