I looked but could not find a really good easy to understand and with the
detail you need.
I did find this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delimiter

Keep in mind that 'White Space' (a space separating two parts of command
that is syntactically correct) is valid for command line switches, pipes,
etc.

You can type the word 'help' (without the single quotes) at the command
prompt and get a list of commands and 'help del' will show more detail on
the DEL command.

JS

"nucleus" <rose122550******.com> wrote in message
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> thanks for the replies, everybody.
>
> JS, the quotation marks did solve that one problem. what i do
> not understand, is why XP sometimes requires quotation marks
> on some delete commands in autoexec.bat and on other delete
> commands in autoexec.bat, it works without quotation marks.
> is there some link you could suggest for me to learn more
> about the quotation marks in XP?
>
> Malke, why do you say XP DOES NOT use autoexec.bat? it does
> work on XP Pro at boot time. it does execute my delete commands.
>
> Shenan, yes ParseAutoexec is set to 1. it was like that at XP
> build time (i did not change that).
>
> On Dec 13, 1:06 am, "Shenan Stanley" <newshel...******.com> wrote:
>>
>> Long file names and quotation marks at least.
>> Is your Windows XP configured to parse the autoexec at startup? It
>> doesn't
>> *have* to be...
>>
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>> Shenan Stanley
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