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- From: glratt@is.rice.edu (Glenn Forbes Larratt)
- Subject: Re: Need DOS batch help!
- Message-ID: <Bt52sJ.D4M@rice.edu>
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- Organization: CRC OCIS, William Marsh Rice University, Houston, Texas
- References: <92225.09262732BFPQ3@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 17:48:17 GMT
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- 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 *.*.
- >
-
- If you get, by anonymous ftp to wsmr-simtel20.army.mil:
-
- "PD1:<MSDOS.PCMAG>VOL5N09.ARC",1,10219,8,900219,"PC Magazine: NO"
-
- You can then write a batch file thus:
-
- echo off ("@echo off" for DOS 3.30+)
- c:
- cd \233temp
- echo y | no gest.bat del *.* > nul
- cd \
-
- What NO does, BTW, is to flag all files matching its first argument as
- hidden, then execute the remainder of its command tail as a new command line.
-
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