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From: akoivuma@finsun.csc.fi (Antti Koivumaki)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Why is erase *.* slower with 4dos.com than with command.com?
Message-ID: <1991May20.064529.1764@nic.funet.fi>
Date: 20 May 91 06:45:29 GMT
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I have noticed that when I use 4dos.com, erase *.* works much slower than
when command.com is used. I tested this by erasing 100 files using each.
I did this on an otherwise empty hard disk partition. The result:
- using 4dos.com (v. 4.02), erase/q *.* takes about 5 seconds
- using command.com (of DOS 3.3), erase *.* takes less than 0.5 seconds.

The computer is a 12 MHz AT with a 40 MB Seagate ST251 hard disk. 

A bug or a feature? Any explanations?
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Antti Koivumaki     akoivuma@finsun.csc.fi
Technical Research Center of Finland
Telecommunications Laboratory