Re: "A mystery evidently ..."

[Steve Fabian]

Frank:

The option /A-D (correctly: /A:-D) specified "find all directory entries without the D attribute regardless of their other attributes", i.e., include entries with the hidden and/or system attributes.

Dan:

I could not duplicate the issue in TCC 13.04.52 / WinXP SP3.

Regardless, proper syntax is to have all options between the command name and the file names. Usually, but not always, the parser is flexible enough to deal with "afterthoughts". It is best not to make a habit of undocumented features.

 

[Frank]

yes, perfect.

 

[mathewsdw]

Thanks, guys. But Frank (and possibly you, too, Steve) posted his reply to this thread evidently while I was trying to delete it (you'll note that my original post is gone). Was a stupid mistake. (I'm quite fond of stupid mistakes! :))

- Dan