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Article #4180How does del *.* work?
From: Larry S Roberts
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 1991 12:34
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 1991 12:34
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I have written a program that uses the findfirst, findnext, and remove library functions to delete files from a directory, however, I have noticed that the dos command "del *.*" works almost instantly when compared to my program. My program has to access every file and it seems like the dos command only makes one disk access. Also the remove function will not take wild cards, so this is not an option. How does del *.* work, and how can I incorporate this in my software? Thanks. -- --- Larry S. Roberts 8450robertsl@indinpls.navy.mil lroberts@en.ecn.purdue.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!en.ecn.purdue.edu!lroberts From: lroberts@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Larry S Roberts) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: How does del *.* work? Summary: How does del *.* work? Keywords: del *.* Message-ID: <1991Jan8.123410.1564@en.ecn.purdue.edu> Date: 8 Jan 91 12:34:10 GMT Sender: Larry Roberts Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 13