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I'm not a DOS expert, but I just accidentally deleted some files in a way that I didn't know was possible... Perhaps an example speaks for itself:

C:\temp\testing>echo asdf > file.tx

C:\temp\testing>echo asdf > file.txt

C:\temp\testing>dir
Directory of C:\temp\testing

10/31/2008 03:27 PM <DIR> .
10/31/2008 03:27 PM <DIR> ..
10/31/2008 03:27 PM 7 file.tx
10/31/2008 03:27 PM 7 file.txt
2 File(s) 14 bytes
2 Dir(s) 22,652,850,176 bytes free

C:\temp\testing>del *.tx

C:\temp\testing>dir
Directory of C:\temp\testing

10/31/2008 03:27 PM <DIR> .
10/31/2008 03:27 PM <DIR> ..
10/31/2008 03:27 PM 7 file.txt
1 File(s) 7 bytes
2 Dir(s) 22,652,850,176 bytes free

C:\temp\testing>echo asdf > file.txt2

C:\temp\testing>dir
Directory of C:\temp\testing

10/31/2008 03:27 PM <DIR> .
10/31/2008 03:27 PM <DIR> ..
10/31/2008 03:27 PM 7 file.txt
10/31/2008 03:27 PM 7 file.txt2
2 File(s) 14 bytes
2 Dir(s) 22,652,850,176 bytes free

C:\temp\testing>del *.txt

C:\temp\testing>dir
Directory of C:\temp\testing

10/31/2008 03:28 PM <DIR> .
10/31/2008 03:28 PM <DIR> ..
0 File(s) 0 bytes
2 Dir(s) 22,652,850,176 bytes free

C:\temp\testing>



What gives???
TIA.

trey, confirmed - strange