Deleting DOS files

Use the dosdel command to delete the specified DOS file.

Note: DOS file-naming conventions are used with one exception. Because the backslash (\) character can have special meaning to the base operating system, use a slash (/) character as the delimiter to specify subdirectory names in a DOS path name.

The dosdel command converts lowercase characters in the file or directory name to uppercase before it checks the disk. Because all file names are assumed to be full (not relative) path names, you need not add the initial slash (/).

For example, to delete a DOS file named file.ext on the default device (/dev/fd0), type the following:

dosdel file.ext

See the dosdel command in the Commands Reference, Volume 2 for the complete syntax.