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March Hare <[log in to unmask]>
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Miami University VMS Discussion <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 4 Nov 1994 17:37:54 -0500
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In article <1994Nov4.131046.33113@miavx1>,
[log in to unmask] (Joel Hyatt) wrote:
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:Example: to delete all files with the TXT extension:
:
:    DELETE *.TXT.*
:
 
Try DELETE *.TXT;*  with a semicolon.  To just delete the latest
version, you can do DELETE *.TXT;
 
Sorry to nitpick, but someone might read the above and wonder
why it doesn't work.
 
John
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