Re: Bug With PC-DOS 3.1 DEL command?

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From: Kevin P. Kleinfelter
Date: Fri, 16 May 1986 11:50

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In article <785@kontron.UUCP>, cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes:
> ...  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

I have been using "del" for months with no (observed) problem.  Has
anyone else noticed this problem?  (I can't believe that in 5 months
of use I have never deleted a single file!)  I NEVER use "erase" because
it means typing extra characters.

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Subject: Re: Bug With PC-DOS 3.1 DEL command?
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Date: Fri, 16-May-86 07:50:59 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 16 07:50:59 1986
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