Bob George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>I have no idea where "is equal to" crept in myself, so I'll keep out of the
>semantics. Doing deltree G: and deltree C: (you get the idea) both result in
>an empty drive!
> [snip]
>
>(NOTE: I have NO IDEA if deltree will zap a drive like this or not. I do not
>intend to find out!)
Believe it or not, this awful syntax is actually legal. Worse, its
behavior is indeterminate. It will walk through the current directory on
drive C: (or G:) offering to delete each item (file or subdirectory) it
encounters. The current directory might or might not be the root! Without
knowing what the current directory is on drive C: you can't know what
DELTREE C: will attack.
On a more humorous note, DELTREE CON and DELTREE LPT1 are also perfectly
legal, and "work" with no error message.
>I think we've gone insane now.
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