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From: Ajay Shah
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 1990 00:33
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 1990 00:33
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In article <OTTO.90Dec14165710@tukki.jyu.fi> otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) writes:
>In article <4043@uniol.UUCP> Kai.Buerhoop@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Kai Buerhoop) writes:
> I got a problem with the 'del'-command.
> I've got a certain file, which I can normally list with 'dir',
> but which, if I want to rename it, copy it or delete it cannot be
> modified. DOS says: "Cannot find file"
How about a simple explanation. Consider a directory containing
two files
abc.pas
abc.txt
You say "dir abc*" and Microsoft's wonder correctly says
abc.pas
abc.txt
Now you say something like "copy abc* nul" or "del abc*" it won't
work because the morons implement wildcards differently for dir
as compared with everything else!!
Motto of the day: Microsoft sucks!
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Ajay Shah, (213)734-3930, ajayshah@usc.edu
The more things change, the more they stay insane.
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