Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!alhena.usc.edu!ajayshah From: ajayshah@alhena.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Problem with del... Message-ID: <28836@usc> Date: 15 Dec 90 00:33:16 GMT References: <4043@uniol.UUCP> Sender: news@usc Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 30 Nntp-Posting-Host: alhena.usc.edu In article 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! -- _______________________________________________________________________________ Ajay Shah, (213)734-3930, ajayshah@usc.edu The more things change, the more they stay insane. _______________________________________________________________________________