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Re: Need DOS batch help!

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From: Chanh N. Vuong
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 14:15
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In article <92225.09262732BFPQ3@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> Nathan Owen <32BFPQ3@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> writes:
>I having a problem writing a batch file.  I need a batch file which will go
>to a c:\Temp directory and delete every file in the directory except for
>a file named gest.bat.  The batch must be written in such a way they the
>user will not get a message asking Yes/No (Y/N) in response to deleting
>the files , which limits your use of wildcard deletes like del *.*.
>
>Thanx in advance.

Here goes:

DEL_TEMP.BAT:
@echo off
c:
cd \
cd temp
md tmp
copy gest.bat tmp
for %%a in (*.*) do del %%a
copy c:\temp\tmp\gest.bat .
del c:\temp\tmp\gest.bat
rd tmp
cd \

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