Subj : Re: Deleting dirctories from DOS?
To   : Charles Dye
From : Art Prest
Date : Wed Dec 05 2001 01:02 pm

From: "Art Prest" <nospam_prest@prest.biz>

Thanks, I'll try that since I am using 4DOS and DELTREE is not an option - 
which I had tried before I realized that. Art

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To reply to me directly, remove "nospam_" from email address. "Charles Dye" 
<raster@highfiber.com> wrote in message news:3c0da44b.1162146@news1.nmia.com...
> On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 21:45:22 -0500, "Art Prest"
> <nospam_prest@prest.biz> wrote:
>
> >Its been a long time since I did much in DOS. I need to delete some
> >directories from DOS and can't remember how.
> >Help!
>
> Assuming that you are in fact using 4DOS, you can destroy entire
> directories with the internal DEL command:
>
>    DEL /SXZ C:\VICTIM\*.*
>
> will nuke the entire directory C:\VICTIM directory and all that
> it contains.
>
> If you are not using 4DOS (and you're posting to this group
> in error) then your best bet is probably the DELTREE command,
> included with MS-DOS and PC DOS version 6 and later:
>
>    DELTREE C:\VICTIM
>
> Danger, Will Robinson!  Careless use of either of the above
> commands can wreak unspeakable havok.
>
> --
> Charles Dye     raster@highfiber.com
>
>

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