The command is available for various
operating systems including
DOS,
Microware OS-9,
IBM OS/2,
Microsoft Windows and
ReactOS. It is analogous to the
Unix rm command and to the
Stratus OpenVOS delete_file and delete_dircommands.
DEC RT-11,
OS/8, On
MS-DOS, the command is available in versions 1 and later. It is also available in the
open-source MS-DOS
emulator DOSBox.
Datalight ROM-DOS also includes an implementation of the and commands. While
Digital Research DR-DOS supports del and erase as well, it also supports the shorthand form era, which derived from
CP/M. In addition to this, the DR-DOS command processor also supports delq/eraq. These are shorthand forms for the del/era/erase command with an assumed /Q parameter (for 'Query') given as well.
THEOS/OASIS and
FlexOS provide only the erase command. In
PowerShell, del and erase are predefined
command aliases for the Remove-Item
cmdlet which serves the same purpose. ==Syntax==