Deleting directories w/o first deleting the files

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From: Doug Dougherty
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1991 19:17

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I seem to remember someone posting something to the effect that there
was a variation on the remove directory call (INT 21, AH=3A) which would
cause the directory to be removed even if it wasn't empty.  Is this possible?

I think the poster said that you would set the carry before doing the
INT 21, but I tried that and it didn't work...
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From: valley@gsbsun.uchicago.edu (Doug Dougherty)
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Subject: Deleting directories w/o first deleting the files
Summary: Is it possible?
Keywords: MSDOS Directory System
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Date: 12 Jun 91 19:17:35 GMT
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