Mail Archives: opendos/1997/06/01/17:42:54
> If you throw a confirm into it, you could still accidentally hit
> enter and toast something, only then realizing and being unable
> to stop it. Also, what happens in a batch file? For example:
>
> @ECHO OFF
> DELTREE \ASDF
Echo off doesn't prevent deltree from asking for confirmation.
Nor does ik prevent any other "dangerous" command from asking for
confirmation.
At least in M$-DOS/.
> In this case, the batch file may need to be ran unattended, such
> as on a BBS, or something. A batchfile that hangs expecting user
> input could bring down the BBS, or cause countless other
> problems.
Okay, Mike..
Go to C:\ and type "echo y | deltree *.*"
And just sit back and relax :-))
> > And people who edit a config.sys file without knowing what they're
doing
> > deserve trouble, while people who do know there might be filename
conflicts
> > when they switch from sensitive to an insensitive option and will be
> > prepared to deal with it.
>
> My proposed IQ test would circumvent someone from choosing
> options that could cause problems. :o)
I don't think the test is such a good idea..
I failed it :-(, at least I knew the last question :-))
We should keep asking for confirmation, endlessly, so the only way to get
past the confirmation screen is a special keycombo which is supplied in the
textfile: "technical.doc", which should start with the asm-source of dir or
something, so it scares off lusers.
Yeep
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