DBLSPACE /DELETE Does Not Delete READTHIS.TXT File
PSS ID Number: Q100114
Article last modified on 11-01-1993
PSS database name: O_MSDOS

6.00 6.20

MS-DOS


--------------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 6.0 and 6.2
--------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY
=======

When you use DoubleSpace to delete a compressed volume file (CVF) on a
floppy disk (that is, you choose Delete from the Drive menu or type
"dblspace /delete <drive>:" [without the quotation marks] at the
MS-DOS command prompt), DoubleSpace does not delete the READTHIS.TXT
file.

MORE INFORMATION
================

If you use the DIR command to obtain a directory listing after the CVF
has been the deleted, you receive a list similar to the following:

   Volume in drive A has no label
   Volume Serial Number is 2956-0FCF
   Directory of A:\

   READTHIS TXT       350 06-16-93   8:07a
           1 file(s)        350 bytes
                        1212928 bytes free

If you use DIR to get a directory listing on a floppy disk that has an
unmounted CVF, you get a listing similar to the one above, except the
"bytes free" value is 0 (zero).

NOTE: You can use the /A switch with the DIR command to determine if
there is a CVF (DBLSPACE.<nnn> [where <nnn> is between 000 and 255])
on the floppy disk.

Additional reference words: 6.00 6.20 dblspace double space

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.