DEL

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NAME

DEL - Deletes one or more files or directories.

SYNOPSIS

DEL [/F] [/S] file..

DESCRIPTION

DEL will erase one or more files or directories. You can ask to delete the subcontents of a directory as well, and you can specify that DEL prompt you before erasing an entire directory.

OPTIONS

/F - Force DEL to erase directories. This does not prompt you before doing so.

/S - Recurse into subdirectories as well. Without this, directories are not erased.

The waring "Warning: Unable to remove" indicates DEL was unable to remove a directory.

AUTHOR

Libraries by John Hall. Program and Help page by James Hall.

EXAMPLES

To delete AUTOEXEC.BAT from the working directory:

DEL AUTOEXEC.BAT

To delete the directory "DATA" and all of its subcontents without prompting:

DEL /F /S DATA

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