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Re: Wall and talkd pass binary data

From: xx247 () freenet carleton ca (G.J.W. Hagenaars)
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 1994 13:35:04 -0400 (EDT)


%  [ ...trimmed... ] 
% 
% * C:\*.*<CR>Y<CR> which would erase all files in the root directory that 
% * don't have erase protection.  Fortunately, MSDOS' ERASE command DOES NOT 
% * have the equivalent of UNIX's very dangerous 'rm -rf /'
% 
% Just an update: DELTREE, new with DOS 5.0 or so, does 'rm -rf /'

And, for the 4DOS users, `del \/fqsxyz' will do nicely as well.

G.J.W. Hagenaars                  | postmaster National Capital Freenet
xx247 () freenet carleton ca         | Remembering Mike Carty 1968-1994
gert-jan () stack urc tue nl         | I'm Dutch, what's _your_ excuse?

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- Re: Wall and talkd pass binary data Paul Robinson (Jul 20)
  - Re: Escape sequences (was Wall and talkd pass binary data) Bruce Barnett (Jul 20)
- Re: Wall and talkd pass binary data Richard Huddleston (Jul 20)
  - Re: Wall and talkd pass binary data G.J.W. Hagenaars (Jul 20)
- Re: Wall and talkd pass binary data a.e.mossberg (Jul 21)
- Re: Wall and talkd pass binary data Paul Robinson (Jul 22)