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- From: ian@stirling.hursley.ibm.com (Ian Stirling)
- Subject: Re: Deleting Old Files?
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- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.125800.22059@sernews.raleigh.ibm.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 12:58:00 GMT
- News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.16f by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers
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- Reply-To: ian@vnet.ibm.com (Ian Stirling)
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- In <BzF7oF.J6A@acsu.buffalo.edu> utter@acsu.buffalo.edu (William M. Utter) writes:
- >
- > Here's one for ya. I want to know how I can get rid of old "back
- >-up Files". I have 20 or 30 QWK packets with the extension ";#", I don't
- >need these files and wish not to see them everytime I do a DIR. I have
- >tired different commands using the DEL and ERASE functions and none of
- >them seemed to work correctly. (DEL Board.QWK;* and Erase Board.QWK;*)
- >
-
- I just use the following
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- DEL BOARD*.*
-
- Works fine for me.
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