CompuServe Thread

#Delete a file

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#96130From: Al SaverianoDec 1, 1987 5:58 PM
Ok…lets try this one…. (I GOT to find that AmigaDOS manual!) MACHINE: A500 NUMBER OF DRIVES: One (yea..yea..yea..) QUESTION: What is the syntax,using CLI,to delete a file from a disk OTHER then the workbench disk? I know that typing CD Whatever: gives mea different directory on a disk, but I want to delete a file from this other disk and no matter what I have tryed,CLI continues to ask me to put the WB disk back in,and then goes looking for the file I was trying to delete from the OTHER disk. Thanks Al (oh-give-me-a-1541-drive) Saveriano
#96139From: Douglas MartinDec 1, 1987 6:46 PM
How about delete OtherDisk:junkfile i.e. use the name of the other disk in your command, separated from the file name by a colon (:). If there's a space in the disk name, then do it as delete "Other Disk:junkfile"
#96151From: Al SaverianoDec 1, 1987 8:11 PM
Thanks Doug, Appreciate the help.Got the A500 only last week.My first Amiga. Kinda of tough without a DOS manual and no MS-DOS / CP/M background to speak of. I'm sure I'll be asking zillions more questions! Regards, Al Saveriano
#96288From: Richard Rae/SYSOPDec 2, 1987 8:30 PM
Al, If you wouldn't mind, I'm sure many of us would appreciate your storing your messages using S rather than SU. Those narrow columns make things fly by, and therefore a bit difficult to read. Thanks! Rick