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ahzong
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New to batch programming

#1 Post by ahzong » 04 Aug 2018 23:09

Here is a line of code which deletes all files in the current directory:

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DEL . DR
As far as I know,

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DEL
means delete,

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.
means the current directory.
What does

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DR
means?

penpen
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Re: New to batch programming

#2 Post by penpen » 05 Aug 2018 04:36

That should be just another name in the list of files to be deleted, so it deletes a file called "DR" within the current directory.
I don't see any benefit adding that to a list of filenames that contains all files in the current directory (".") which covers the file "DR".

penpen

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Re: New to batch programming

#3 Post by aGerman » 05 Aug 2018 05:04

Or it's a typo and /AR was actually meant. In that case only files with the "read only" attribute would have been deleted.

Steffen

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