Date:	Mon, 10 Mar 1997 18:37:04 -0600 (CST)
From:	"Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
To:	"'OpenDOS newsgroup'" <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject:	Re: [opendos] That was interesting and unexpected
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On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, Roger Ivie wrote:
> I pointed XDEL at a non-existent directory, like this:
> 	C:\> XDEL /D/S BOOGER

syntax should be, XDEL \BOOGER /D/S, what you did was bad setup, you
didn't specify a starting point so the system assumed you meant from the
root.  If you had been in a subdirectory, it would of started from there.

> and it deleted _all_ the empty subdirectories on the disk after telling me
> it couldn't find BOOGER. I guess that, in retrospect, DOSBOOK is a bit
> vague as it simply says "/D Removes empty subdirectories" without specifying
> whether that is limited to subdirectories involved in the command...



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