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From: mintz@hpindda.HP.COM (Ken Mintz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PC-DOS 4.00 text of announcement
Message-ID: <4330098@hpindda.HP.COM>
Date: 23 Jul 88 17:52:26 GMT
References: <2498@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Organization: HP Information Networks, Cupertino, CA
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> > ERASE or DEL has a new /p parameter that displays each
>                          ^^
> > filename and a message to verify that the file is to be deleted.
>
> Anyone giving out prizes for intuitive user interfaces?  Thanks a lot for
> not using something silly like /q or /i.

  You don't suppose "/p" could stand for "prompt"?  Of course, "/q" would have
  just OPPOSITE mnemonic interpretation ("quiet"?).

  I guess "intuitive interface" is in the mind of the beholder.

Ken Mintz