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Article #809Re: DOS Batch Programming
From: Duane L. Rezac
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 1990 11:56
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 1990 11:56
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From article <1990Jun24.043414.24256@caen.engin.umich.edu>, by mrice@caen.engin.umich.edu (Michael Rice):
>
> Hi. I would like to know if the following can be done?
> I have a batch file that does a DEL subdirectory
> where subdirectory is some temporary directory. The problem is
> DOS asks the question about "All files will be deleted Are you
> sure? "
>
> Well of course I am sure, and this message just makes the batch file
> a lot less elegant and not as automatic as I would like. Is there
> a way to bypass this or supply the answer from the batch file? I tried
> redirecting it to NUL but this only suppresses the message not the
> pause for the Y/N response. Any suggestions will be much appreciated.
>
>
It's easy to do, we do it all the time here. just create a file in root (or
somewhere in the path) called y.dat. It should contain only a "Y". then
redirect this as input (i.e del *.* <y.dat) . Y.dat will feed the Y to
the Y/N question and the command will continue.
Duane L. Rezac
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