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Article #4803Re: WANTED: rm -r * for MSDOS
From: dbearly
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 1991 17:53
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 1991 17:53
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In article <1991Feb15.021645.1191@ariel.unm.edu>, dmckeon@hydra.unm.edu (Denis McKeon) writes:
> PC Magazine also has an 'rm' - either on their utility disks,
> or from their BBS on Compuserve (not much use from Austria, tho.)
>
> Makes you wonder why DOS has xcopy /s
> but not the logical inverse: rm -r
>
>
> --
> Denis
> dmckeon@hydra.unm.edu
Windows 3.0 provides extensive directory maniputation tools including
prune/graft and rm style functions in the file manager.
If you want command line procedures look out for exdel && movedir which
(hopefully) should be appearing in c.b.i.p soon.
hope this helped,
Dom. 8-{0
dbearly@vax1.tcd.ie
dbearly@unix1.tcd.ie
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