On 2/9/2012 6:23, Invisible wrote:
> rm folder1
> it deletes the specified folder. So far so good, eh?

No it doesn't.

> Oh, but that fails if the folder is not empty, so you must add /S. Oh, but
> that asks for confirmation, so you must add /Q as well.

Other than the confirmation, this is all identical to how unix works. "rm" 
doesn't delete directories on unix unless you add "-r".  Unix has an rmdir 
command.

> Short version: To delete an object, you must know whether it is a file or a
> folder. Thanks for that... :-P

Or you could run both commands.

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   People tell me I am the counter-example.

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