mdel(1)

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version 4.0.49 · 7 versions
, in alpine 3.23, alpine 3.24, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💅 mdel — the manual, but make it cute ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to mdel(1), a General Commands Manual situation, and we are about to delete some MS-DOS files together 🎀 no cap, this is gonna be fun. buckle up, hydrate, and let's get into it 🦋

✨ Name ✨

mdel — delete an MSDOS file 💀🗑️

⚠️ Note of warning ⚠️

okay listen, real talk first, because this part matters:

this manpage was automatically generated from mtools's texinfo documentation, and it may not be entirely accurate or complete. 😭 check the end of this man page for the deets.

so like, it's giving "trust but verify", you know? 🫶

🌸 Description 🌸

the mdel command is used to delete an MS-DOS file. its syntax is:

mdel [-v] msdosfile [ msdosfiles ...  ]

Mdel deletes files on an MS-DOS file system. periodt 💅

and here's the important bit, so pay attention: Mdel asks for verification prior to removing a read-only file. 👑 she's polite like that.

🔍 See Also 🔍

Mtools' texinfo doc 📖

🧚 Viewing the texi doc 🧚

okay so this manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo documentation. however — and this is the tea ☕ — this process is only approximative, and some items, such as crossreferences, footnotes and indices are lost in this translation process. indeed, these items have no appropriate representation in the manpage format. 😭 moreover, not all information has been translated into the manpage version. thus I strongly advise you to use the original texinfo doc. see the end of this manpage for instructions how to view the texinfo doc. 🫡

  • To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the following commands:
./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi
  • To generate a html copy, run:
./configure; make html

a premade html can be found at http://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/manual/mtools.html ✨

  • To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode), run:
./configure; make info

the texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html. 💖 indeed, in the info version certain examples are difficult to read due to the quoting conventions used in info. 🙈

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀✨

this little icon of a manpage is brought to you by mtools-4.0.49, dated 14Jun25 — yeah, she's serving vintage, and we love her for it 💜 slay, go delete those files responsibly 🦋

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