"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
> At 05:06 PM 11/30/1999 +0000, ben wrote:
> >It will. 'DELTREE /Y C:\' will do something like this:
<snip>
> >Deleting C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT...
> >Deleting C:\CONFIG.SYS...
> >Deleting C:\IO.SYS...
> >Deleting C:\MSDOS.SYS...
<snip>
>
> Now, there's something... If command.com that I'm
> using is on c: and I do a deltree /y c:\ (say because
> I'm planning to install something new and don't feel
> like rebooting to bootable floppy first) will it be
> able to delete the file it's using?
: It isn't "using" any files. At the C:\> prompt,
: no files are open, unless by TSRs.
> Will it complain that the file command.com is in use,
: No. If the file is not read-only, it will just drop
: kick it.
> or is it sufficiently in ram to execute the command
> even though it gets deleted before all of the drive
> is gone? Will the deletion command halt after
> command.com goes, or complete before the machine
> goes stupid?
: It will complete.
Good Luck.
~~Garry
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