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From: dbearly@vax1.tcd.ie
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: WANTED: rm -r * for MSDOS
Message-ID: <1991Feb18.175307.7815@vax1.tcd.ie>
Date: 18 Feb 91 17:53:07 GMT
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In article <1991Feb15.021645.1191@ariel.unm.edu>, dmckeon@hydra.unm.edu (Denis McKeon) writes:
> PC Magazine also has an 'rm' - either on their utility disks,
> or from their BBS on Compuserve (not much use from Austria, tho.)
> 
> Makes you wonder why DOS has xcopy /s 
> but not the logical inverse: rm -r
> 
> 
> --
> Denis
> dmckeon@hydra.unm.edu

Windows 3.0 provides extensive directory maniputation tools including
prune/graft and rm style functions in the file manager.

If you want command line procedures look out for exdel && movedir which
(hopefully) should be appearing in c.b.i.p soon.

		hope this helped,

			Dom.    8-{0

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