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Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 19:55:29 -0600 (CST)
From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
To: "'OpenDOS newsgroup'" <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject: Re: [opendos] [OpenDOS] Wishlist part 2
In-Reply-To: <28589.9702162316@orkney.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970216195411.3217B-100000@sparkie.gnofn.org>
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On Sun, 16 Feb 1997 dg AT dcs DOT st-and DOT ac DOT uk wrote:
> I can see a few problems when using *...
> 
> > XDEL *.* (return)
> 	(computer waits for input)
> DIR /S (return)
> 	(computer executes: XDEL *.*DIR /S, and happily deletes all files in
> 	all subdirectories)

Hmmm, killer!  Now that's worse than zipping up your utility directory
with -move and that so happens to be where pkunzip resides.

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