[Info-vax] DCL Syntax

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <pm9nfe$710$1 at Iltempo.Update.UU.SE>, Johnny Billquist
<bqt at softjar.se> writes: 

> >> Then why not just DELETE [...]*.*;*
> > 
> > That already means something a bit different doesn't it? Changing a
> > command that does *not* delete non-empty directories into a command that
> > *does* delete non-empty directories might satisfy the API consistency
> > police but would probably cause some unwelcome surprises for some folks.
> 
> True. But it is a bit weird. It only deletes empty directories.
> Non-empty directories it instead tries to makes empty...

It does have its logic though: here is a list of files, delete them.  
So, it tries to delete each one.  Regular files are no problem, but 
directories can't be deleted unless empty.  If you want that, then
DELETE [...]*.*;*,;,;,;,;,;,;,;