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- From: rmathews@zeus.calpoly.edu (Bob Mathews)
- Subject: Re: Need DOS batch help!
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.221322.149050@zeus.calpoly.edu>
- Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
- References: <92225.09262732BFPQ3@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> <1992Aug12.141526.25165@athena.mit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 22:13:22 GMT
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- 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 *.*.
- >
- >Here goes:
- [suggested batch file deleted]
-
- It'd be a lot easier to just change the attribute of gest.bat to read-only.
- Use attrib +r gest.bat or something like that. If you don't have
- DOS Help!, you need it.
-
- swehtam bob
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