DEL Command Gives Nonintuitive Message

ID: Q102881

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT 3.1
Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

When you are using the DEL command at the command prompt to delete all the files in a directory, the following message appears:

*, Are you sure (Y/N)?

This anomaly occurs when you issue the command "DEL *.*" or "DEL ." (without the quotation marks).

The message should actually read:

All files in this directory will be deleted. Are you sure (Y/N)?

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords : kbtool
Version : winnt:3.1; :3.1
Platform : winnt
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