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Easy way to Delete a Directory Tree on older DOS?

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First post, by PlaneVuki

Posted on 2020-06-12, 16:11

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Hello.

Is there an easy way, maybe a program or something, to Delete Directory Tree on older DOS, kinda like DELTREE, which won't work on DOS versions below 6.0.

I am using older DOS versions because installation is a lot faster (6.22 is 3 floppies!) and 6.22 has nothing new that I need.

But, deleting Directory Trees can be a real pain sometimes.

I mostly use DOS 5.0

Thanks in advance.

Reply 1 of 6, by Jorpho

Posted on 2020-06-12, 17:34

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FreeDOS deltree should have no particular version restrictions.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/fre … ml/deltree.html

Otherwise, doesn't dosshell do it?

Reply 2 of 6, by PlaneVuki

Posted on 2020-06-12, 19:02

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Thanks, I will try both and get back with the results.

Reply 3 of 6, by PlaneVuki

Posted on 2020-06-12, 20:41

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Thanks for help. Deltree of Freedos works!

Like normal DOS, Doshell also can't delete non-empty folders.

Reply 4 of 6, by obaltus

Posted on 2020-06-13, 06:26

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You can try:

rd not_empty_folder /q /s

Reply 5 of 6, by dr_st

Posted on 2020-06-13, 06:50

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obaltus wrote on 2020-06-13, 06:26:

rd not_empty_folder /q /s

This only works on NT-based operating system, as far as I know.

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Reply 6 of 6, by GigAHerZ

Posted on 2020-06-13, 06:54

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My go-to tool has been Norton Commander, and this can delete non-empty directories as well.

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