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Re: Why is erase . slower with 4dos.com than with command.com?

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From: Michael A. Shiels
Date: Tue, 21 May 1991 02:22

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This symtom you are seeing is the difference between using DOS 1-2 and DOS 3 
calls.  The old FCB DOS 1-2 calls take wildcards while the newer DOS 3 handle
related type calls only take one filename without wildcards.  Makes for a

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From: mshiels@tmsoft (Michael A. Shiels)
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Subject: Re: Why is erase *.* slower with 4dos.com than with command.com?
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Date: 21 May 91 02:22:01 GMT
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