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Del
Synonym:
erase
Purpose:
Deletes all files specified by the drive and pathname.
Syntax:
del [drive: Jpatbname
Comments:
You can use the • and? wildcards to delete more than one file at
a time.
If the patbname is •.• the prompt "Are you sure?" appears. If you
then type Y as a response, all files on the disk are deleted.
Note Once you have deleted a file on your disk, you cannot
recover it.
Examples:
The following command deletes a file named vacation:
del vacation
If you have two files named vacation.feb and vacation.apr, you
can delete
them both with the following command:
del vacation.*
MS-DOS Commands 451
Del (Delete)
Deleting a file