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I use Windows.
I want to delete all files and folders in a folder by system call.
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I may call like that:
Do you know an easier way?
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No, I don't know one.
If you want to retain the original directory for some reason (ACLs, &c.), and instead really want to empty it, then you can do the following:
This first removes all files from the directory, and then recursively removes all nested directories, but overall keeping the top-level directory as it is (except for its contents).
Note that within a batch file you need to double the
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del c:destination*.* /s /q
worked for me. I hope that works for you as well. SeanSean
I think the easiest way to do it is:
The last ' in the path is the important part.
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If the subfolder names may contain spaces you need to surround them in escaped quotes. The following example shows this for commands used in a batch file.
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To delete file:
To delete folder with all files in it:
To delete all files from specific folder (not deleting folder itself) is a little bit complicated.
del /s *.*
cannot delete folders, but removes files from all subfolder. So two commands are needed:You can create a script to delete whatever you want (folder or file) like this
mydel.bat
:Few example of usage:
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One easy one-line option is to create an empty directory somewhere on your file system, and then use
ROBOCOPY
(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733145.aspx) with the /MIR
switch to remove all files and subfolders. By default, robocopy does not copy security, so the ACLs in your root folder should remain intact.Also probably want to set a value for the retry switch,
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I had an index folder with 33 folders that needed all the files and subfolders removed in them. I opened a command line in the index folder and then used these commands:
I separated them into two lines (hit enter after first line, and when asked for more add second line) because if entered on a single line this may not work. This command will erase each directory and then create a new one which is empty, thus removing all files and subflolders in the original directory.
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Navigate to the parent directory
Delete the sub folders
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I have the following situation. I got a Temp folder which gets filled with all kinds of files and directories. I want/need to clean it regularly, but I can't figure out a command or set of MS-DOS command to do so.Command called erase deletes all the files, so no problem there, but the directories is the thing I'm struggling with. I know some of you might suggest deleting the Temp directory and then creating it, which is NOT an option for me unfortunately, since I MUST keep it intact, since doing messes up things on my system.
Any ideas, good people? :)
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In a MS-DOS system use
deltree
. DELTREE [/Y] directory*.*
From a cmd windows in the latest versions you can use
rd.exe
or rmdir.exe
rd directory/* /s
or
rmdir directory/* /s
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If you don't want to have it asking you for confirmation you need also the
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switchI have a batch file that does the following:
I wanted it to delete the contents of the Documents folder but instead this command deletes the whole folder. I tried E:Documents* but to no avail.
So what I ended up doing was:
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