XAPPLY (c) 1987  Michael M Rubenstein

These programs may be freely distributed provided no fee is charged.


                                 USING XAPPLY
                                 ------------

XAPPLY is executed with the syntax

   XAPPLY [-r] <command> [<directory>...]

The command is executed in the specified directory (the current directory if 
none is specified) and in all subdirectories. The command must be enclosed in 
quotes or apostrophes if it contains space or tab characters. It must be 
enclosed in quotes if it contains redirection or pipes.

The directories may be specified with wild cards. Nondirectories matching the 
wild card specification will be ignored.

Usually it does not matter in what order the subdirectories are visited. 
Normally, XAPPLY executes the command in each subdirectory before executing it 
in a given directory. For cases in which it does matter and this is not 
correct, the -r switch may be used to execute the command in a directory before 
executing it in subdirectories.

If no arguments are given or if the -h switch is given, XAPPLY displays a 
command summary.