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- From: umcho000@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Connie Cho)
- Subject: Re: pc and mac: was RE: 486 and mac benchmarks
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- References: <1992Dec9.015009.4200@global.hacktic.nl> <1992Dec10.034521.14248@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> <1992Dec11.012444.2070@infonode.ingr.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 17:29:32 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec11.012444.2070@infonode.ingr.com> bbrown@infonode.ingr.com (Bailey Brown) writes:
- >jess@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jess M Holle) writes:
- >
- [stuff deleted]
- >
- >The windows 3.1 file manager lets you delete an entire directory tree.
- >Just select the directory, hit the 'delete' key, and hit the "yes to all"
- >button in the dialog that pops up. You can also move a directory and all
- >of its subdirectories by dragging the directory name to another place in
- >the tree. If you just want to delete all the files in the directory,
- >select the first one, hold down shift, and select the last one. Then
- >hit the 'delete' key and click "yes to all". The 'delete' key is not
- >as cute as the trash can, but it is easy to use and obvious to anyone
- >who can read.
- Is batch deletion handled better than in Windows 3.0? I couldn't
- believe how slow that was, just because the display was being updated
- after each deletion; a silly feature, since my eyes could not
- detect which file had just gone anyway.
- This is handled much better by the Trashcan.
- >
- >ncd vx
- >rm *.gif
- >
- >That is really fast and easy.
- >
- >------------
- >Bailey Brown "Above all else, confusion reigns."
- >Intergraph Corporation
- >bbrown@casca.b11.ingr.com Procol Harum
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