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From: dmckeon@hydra.unm.edu (Denis McKeon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Question on batch files
Keywords: quick summary
Message-ID: <1991Feb15.023055.2354@ariel.unm.edu>
Date: 15 Feb 91 02:30:47 GMT
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cd subdir
echo y | del *.*

    works well, but:

echo y | del subdir

    seems to work faster on big directories.
    (although perhaps it will not work under dos <= 2.x)

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Denis
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