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From: vandevek@fergvax.unl.edu (James M. VandeVegt)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Question on batch files
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Date: 10 Feb 91 21:55:19 GMT
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In article <4984@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> cs422122@umbc5.umbc.edu.UUCP (cs422122) writes:
>In article <7471@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> usagi@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Erin Sasaki) writes:
>>Hello --
>>	I have a Dell System 310 running MS-DOS 4.0, and I have a quick
>>question.  I am interested in being able to delete entire directories
>>within a batch file - without having to type:
>>
>>	del file1
>>	del file2 ... etc.
>>
>>	So - I was going to use the command del *.* in the batch file.
>>However, I would like to disable the MS-DOS verify (in this case only).
>>Is there a quick way to do this?  
>>			-- Erin Sasaki
>>			   usagi@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
>
>echo y | del *.*    (BE CAREFUL!  This automatically answers Y to the
>                     "Are you sure?" prompt.)
>
Alternately, in batch mode:
   for %%a in (*.*) do del %a
In interactive processing:
   for %a in (*.*) do del %a

same warning applies, this WILL DELETE every file in the directory.
>
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| James M. VandeVegt             |  University of Nebraska           |
| vandevek@fergvax.unl.edu       |  Computer Science and Engineering |
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