% [ ...trimmed... ] % % * C:\*.*<CR>Y<CR> which would erase all files in the root directory that % * don't have erase protection. Fortunately, MSDOS' ERASE command DOES NOT % * have the equivalent of UNIX's very dangerous 'rm -rf /' % % Just an update: DELTREE, new with DOS 5.0 or so, does 'rm -rf /' And, for the 4DOS users, `del \/fqsxyz' will do nicely as well. G.J.W. Hagenaars | postmaster National Capital Freenet xx247@freenet.carleton.ca | Remembering Mike Carty 1968-1994 gert-jan@stack.urc.tue.nl | I'm Dutch, what's _your_ excuse?