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From: fisher@sc2a.unige.ch
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: How do I remove lots of directories
Message-ID: <1991Jan25.101456.365@sc2a.unige.ch>
Date: 25 Jan 91 08:14:56 GMT
References: <1991Jan24.155305.12156@phri.nyu.edu>
Organization: University of Geneva, Switzerland
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In article <1991Jan24.155305.12156@phri.nyu.edu>, roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) writes:
> Can somebody please tell me the DOS equivelant of Unix's "rm -r *.smp"?

It's "rm -r *.smp" ... after you've grabbed some version of "rm" for DOS at
any well-stocked archive site.

For example, at Simtel20 (26.2.0.74), you'll find:

WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL PUBLIC DOMAIN LISTING

NOTE: Type B is Binary; Type A is ASCII

Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DIRUTL>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
DDEL124.ARC   B   14047  890720  DIRDEL v1.24 - deletes non-empty directories
MDS_RM.ARC    B   19120  881109  Unix-like 'rm' clone with C source
PDEL33C.ARC   B   54688  890813  File delete utility, extra features over DOS
PURGTRE1.ARC  B   12477  881011  Recursive delete of files in subdirectories
RM11_YG.ARC   B    5760  890716  Like Unix 'rm', delete files, recursive, safe
RMX.ARC       B    8670  880109  Unix-like 'rm' file delete program
RM_HS.ARC     B   15637  890313  File/directory deletion program with source
ZAPDIR.ARC    B    4212  880310  Delete an entire sub-dir structure
ZDEL3001.ARC  B    7161  871231  Selective delete utility

So long,

Markus Fischer, Dpt. of Anthropology, Geneva CH