Radio Shack TRS-80 model III Owner's Manual page 59

TRS-80
MODEL
III
DISK
SYSTEM
Example
If
you
type
in
the following:
HELP BACKUP
(INTER]
trsdos
will
respond
with
the
syntax format,
a definition
of
the
command,
and
an explanation of
the abbreviation.
HELP SYNTAX
tells
trsdos
to explain
the
hitp
descriptions.
KILL
Delete a
File
or
Group
of
Files
Two
syntaxes:
A)
kill file
file is
a
file specification
B)
miL/extd
lextis a
file
extension
that
must
contain three characters.
:d
is
a
drive specification.
It
must
be
provided.
This
command
deletes
one
file
or
a
group
of
files,
depending on which form
is
used.
Form
A
deletes the specified
file.
If
no
drive specification
is
given,
trsdos
deletes the
file
from
the
first
diskette
that
contains
it.
Form B
deletes
all
files
with
a specified extension, regardless
of
the
file
name
of
each
file. If
no
drive specification
is
given,
the
files
will be deleted from
the
first
drive
that
contains
a
matching
file specification.
Examples
KILL TESTPROG/BAS
Deletes
the
named
file
from
the
first
drive
that
contains
it.
KILL JOBF
I
LE/
I
DY, PASSWORD:
1
Deletes
the
named
file
from
Drive
I
.
The
file
has
a
password
of
password.
KILL
/BAS:(3
Deletes from Drive
all
files
having
the extension bas.
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