dos command to delete

philip · 12-12-2003, 04:17 PM

what's the dos command to delete a single file. i tried 'del file' but it doesn't work and I can't do del *.* because it's on my desktop

thanks!

Vaskez · 12-12-2003, 04:27 PM

It is "del filename.ext". No question about it. If you're trying to delete a directory, use "rmdir". Maybe you missed the file's extension? You can also try deltree though this is for deleting whole directory trees as the name suggests.

philip · 12-12-2003, 04:44 PM

Thanks, i forgot the extension.

Davros · 12-12-2003, 06:45 PM

Damn - a DOS question [img]smile.gif[/img] - but I was too slow to get the answer in first. Those were the days when I had different autoexec.bat's and config.sys's for each new game, and wrote batch files and menu's that would automatically copy across the different files and reboot the computer just to play different games.

Oh how I miss all that .........NOT

Vaskez · 12-12-2003, 09:29 PM

Davros stop tryina show off your DOS knowledge - these kiddies here won't understand or appreciate it anyway

[img]tongue.gif[/img] I bet I managed to free up more of my 640KB conventional memory than you did [img]tongue.gif[/img] damn I'm sad

Davros · 12-12-2003, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Vaskez:
Davros stop tryina show off your DOS knowledge - these kiddies here won't understand or appreciate it anyway [img]tongue.gif[/img] I bet I managed to free up more of my 640KB conventional memory than you did [img]tongue.gif[/img] damn I'm sad

Oooh - a challenge has been thrown down [img]smile.gif[/img] - but on what basis. In those days we had to load sound card drivers. I remember being ecstatic at one stage on my old 286 getting to 596 available, but then when I upgraded computers 386/500 and DOS's (about 6.2 I think) and could load more things "high" I seem to reacll getting to either 626 or 632. OMG - I sound just like one of Donut's geeky friends

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Seraph · 12-13-2003, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Davros:
Damn - a DOS question [img]smile.gif[/img] - but I was too slow to get the answer in first. Those were the days when I had different autoexec.bat's and config.sys's for each new game, and wrote batch files and menu's that would automatically copy across the different files and reboot the computer just to play different games.

You could have just done the easy thing and used the multiple boot configuation options avaible with the later versions of DOS instead of messing around with all sorts of crazy batch files.

Megabot · 12-13-2003, 01:52 AM

You can also trie "deltree" that will remove an whole directory!
Exp: "deltree c:\windows" without the qoutes and so on [img]smile.gif[/img]
Like Vaskez say it is the best way to kill any files in that directory!

[ 12-13-2003, 01:56 AM: Message edited by: Megabot ]

philip · 12-13-2003, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Megabot:
You can also trie "deltree" that will remove an whole directory!
Exp: "deltree c:\windows" without the qoutes and so on [img]smile.gif[/img]
Like Vaskez say it is the best way to kill any files in that directory!

LOL that's a bit too much. I changed an extension to .exe and as always it resulted in a file I can't delete.
I like dos for those situations, it doesn't nag that the program is in use and just deletes it. Windows complains it's running, which I'm sure it doesn't.

Also a python program I'm writing is running in dos (till I make a GUI) and it looks better than in windows IMO

12-12-2003, 04:27 PM	#2
Vaskez Takhisis Follower Join Date: April 30, 2001 Location: szép Magyarország (well not right now) Posts: 5,089	It is "del filename.ext". No question about it. If you're trying to delete a directory, use "rmdir". Maybe you missed the file's extension? You can also try deltree though this is for deleting whole directory trees as the name suggests. __________________ Too set in his ways to ever relate If he could set that aside, there'd be heaven to pay But weathered and aged, time swept him to grave Love conquers all? Damn, I'd say that area's gray

12-12-2003, 06:45 PM	#4
Davros Takhisis Follower Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Mandurah, West Australia Age: 60 Posts: 5,073	Damn - a DOS question [img]smile.gif[/img] - but I was too slow to get the answer in first. Those were the days when I had different autoexec.bat's and config.sys's for each new game, and wrote batch files and menu's that would automatically copy across the different files and reboot the computer just to play different games. Oh how I miss all that .........NOT __________________ Davros was right - just ask JD

12-12-2003, 09:29 PM	#5
Vaskez Takhisis Follower Join Date: April 30, 2001 Location: szép Magyarország (well not right now) Posts: 5,089	Davros stop tryina show off your DOS knowledge - these kiddies here won't understand or appreciate it anyway [img]tongue.gif[/img] I bet I managed to free up more of my 640KB conventional memory than you did [img]tongue.gif[/img] damn I'm sad __________________ Too set in his ways to ever relate If he could set that aside, there'd be heaven to pay But weathered and aged, time swept him to grave Love conquers all? Damn, I'd say that area's gray

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12-12-2003, 04:17 PM	#1
philip Galvatron Join Date: June 24, 2002 Location: aa Posts: 2,101	what's the dos command to delete a single file. i tried 'del file' but it doesn't work and I can't do del . because it's on my desktop thanks!

12-12-2003, 04:44 PM	#3
philip Galvatron Join Date: June 24, 2002 Location: aa Posts: 2,101	Thanks, i forgot the extension.

12-13-2003, 01:52 AM	#8
Megabot Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: October 18, 2003 Location: Oslo, Norway. Age: 61 Posts: 3,360	You can also trie "deltree" that will remove an whole directory! Exp: "deltree c:\windows" without the qoutes and so on [img]smile.gif[/img] Like Vaskez say it is the best way to kill any files in that directory! [ 12-13-2003, 01:56 AM: Message edited by: Megabot ]

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