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 Hi Laurent, 

 AA>  if exist c:\386spar.par attrib -rsh c:\386spar.par
 AA>  if exist c:\386spar.par c:\pctools\wipe c:\386spar.par
 LJ> Purpose is to fill a file with a string, without 
 LJ> deleting it or reducing it to zero.
 LJ> With 4dos of course.
 LJ> You need to deal with {at}filewrite, and the time spent 
 LJ> should be compatible with a human life; the file is 16MB 
 LJ> long.
 Well, if you are really serious about this, I wud suggest that you shud
 make a dummy file of 16MB with endless number of zeros or anything junk
 and copy that file over the file you want clean.

 Thiz iz the fastest method I cud come up with.

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