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- From: venaas@siri.unit.no (Stig Venaas)
- Subject: Re: Need DOS batch help!
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.095516.8408@ugle.unit.no>
- Sender: news@ugle.unit.no (NetNews Administrator)
- Organization: University of Trondheim
- References: <92225.09262732BFPQ3@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> <1992Aug12.141526.25165@athena.mit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 09:55:16 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug12.141526.25165@athena.mit.edu> chanh@athena.mit.edu (Chanh N. Vuong) writes:
- >In article <92225.09262732BFPQ3@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> Nathan Owen <32BFPQ3@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> writes:
- >>I having a problem writing a batch file. I need a batch file which will go
- >>to a c:\Temp directory and delete every file in the directory except for
- >>a file named gest.bat. The batch must be written in such a way they the
- >>user will not get a message asking Yes/No (Y/N) in response to deleting
- >>the files , which limits your use of wildcard deletes like del *.*.
- >>
- >>Thanx in advance.
- >
- >Here goes:
- >
- >DEL_TEMP.BAT:
- >@echo off
- >c:
- >cd \
- >cd temp
- >md tmp
- >copy gest.bat tmp
- >for %%a in (*.*) do del %%a
- >copy c:\temp\tmp\gest.bat .
- >del c:\temp\tmp\gest.bat
- >rd tmp
- >cd \
- >
- >*The End*
- >
- > +------------------------------------------------------+
- > | |\/\/\/| Chanh N. Vuong (aka Cee Vee) |
- > | | | chanh@athena.mit.edu |
- > | | (o)(o) (617)225-6302 or x5-6302 |
- > | C _) |
- > | | ,___| Hey, like don't eat a cow, man! |
- > | | / ----------------------------------------------+
- > | /____\ VegieBart Inc., copyright 1991.
- >
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- I think you could use echo y|del *.*>nul instead of messing
- around with the for command.
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- Stig (venaas@siri.unit.no)
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