DELTREE

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Supported DOS versions:	MS-DOS 6.0+
How easy to use?	Very easy
How safe to use?	Potentially very dangerous
How common?	Less well known
Internal or external command?	External

Description

Deletes the specified directory and all the directories below it.

Command Syntax

DELTREE [/Y] directoryname [directoryname]

/Y deletes the directory directoryname without asking for permission.

Comments

DELTREE can be extremely dangerous if used incorrectly. It removes directories as well as files which makes it harder to undelete them. Do NOT use DELTREE with the following directories unless you are SURE you want to delete them: DELTREE C:\, DELTREE C:\DOS, DELTREE C:\WINDOWS. DELTREE can be useful to delete files or directories with invalid names, such as those containing a space. To do this, place quote marks around the file or directory thus: DELTREE "A Space".

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