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Article #6546Re: Bug With PC-DOS 3.1 DEL command?
From: Clayton Cramer
Date: Thu, 15 May 1986 19:58
Date: Thu, 15 May 1986 19:58
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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 But DEL doesn't fail everytime. Some quirk, perhaps, of the particular order of files in the directory? 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!linus!philabs!prls!pyramid!voder!kontron!cramer From: cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: Bug With PC-DOS 3.1 DEL command? Message-ID: <787@kontron.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-May-86 15:58:15 EDT Article-I.D.: kontron.787 Posted: Thu May 15 15:58:15 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 18-May-86 10:52:40 EDT References: <785@kontron.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Kontron Electronics, Mt. View, CA Lines: 23