Reply to post: Re: del *.*

Sysadmin sank IBM mainframe by going one VM too deep

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Re: del *.*

Deltree *.* could be even more devastating. Regardless of what subdirectory you are currently in, in DOS6.22 Deltree assumed you were pointing at the root.

I recall an old DOS for Dummies book that recommended you remove the deltree command!

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