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Article #6543Bug With PC-DOS 3.1 DEL command?
From: Clayton Cramer
Date: Thu, 15 May 1986 18:54
Date: Thu, 15 May 1986 18:54
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We've found what looks like a severe bug with the PC-DOS 3.1 DEL command --
watch out!
One of the engineers working for me typed:
DEL A.O
and was asked "Are you sure (Y/N)?"
Not being thoroughly familiar with PC-DOS, he didn't realize that this
prompt is put out when you say "DEL *.*", so he said "y<return>" and
the entire directory was cleared out. A little experiementation found
that DEL followed by ANY single filename caused it to assume that we had
typed "DEL *.*".
ERASE works correctly -- only DEL (which should be equivalent) fails.
Clayton E. Cramer
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!orsvax1!pyrnj!caip!sri-spam!nike!styx!lll-crg!lll-lcc!pyramid!voder!kontron!cramer From: cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Bug With PC-DOS 3.1 DEL command? Message-ID: <785@kontron.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-May-86 14:54:47 EDT Article-I.D.: kontron.785 Posted: Thu May 15 14:54:47 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 17-May-86 05:07:34 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Kontron Electronics, Mt. View, CA Lines: 18