I am currently trying to write a batch file that will delete a list of
files from all of my network drives. The problem I am having is
getting the network drives. I am on a rather large network, and I
would like this to run on several different computers that may be
connected to different drives.

See "net use" and "If exist" in Windows Help and support. Also there is
a cmd prompt group that has some pretty sharp folks(cross posting this)

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...mdprompt.admin

joshboski wrote:

> I am currently trying to write a batch file that will delete a list of
> files from all of my network drives. The problem I am having is
> getting the network drives. I am on a rather large network, and I
> would like this to run on several different computers that may be
> connected to different drives.

On Jun 3, 9:21 am, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> See "net use" and "If exist" in Windows Help and support. Also there is
> a cmd prompt group that has some pretty sharp folks(cross posting this)
>
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...mdprompt.admin
>
> joshboski wrote:
> > I am currently trying to write a batch file that will delete a list of
> > files from all of my network drives. The problem I am having is
> > getting the network drives. I am on a rather large network, and I
> > would like this to run on several different computers that may be
> > connected to different drives.

My apologies, that I did not include this also...I need the list of
local hard drives as well

"joshboski" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4e9ec7fc-5000-4ab5-bbe8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Jun 3, 9:21 am, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> See "net use" and "If exist" in Windows Help and support. Also there is
>> a cmd prompt group that has some pretty sharp folks(cross posting this)
>>
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...mdprompt.admin
>>
>> joshboski wrote:
>> > I am currently trying to write a batch file that will delete a list of
>> > files from all of my network drives. The problem I am having is
>> > getting the network drives. I am on a rather large network, and I
>> > would like this to run on several different computers that may be
>> > connected to different drives.
>
> My apologies, that I did not include this also...I need the list of
> local hard drives as well

As Bob recommended: net use (for networked drives), and
mountvol | find ":\" for local drives.

"joshboski" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4e9ec7fc-5000-4ab5-bbe8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Jun 3, 9:21 am, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> See "net use" and "If exist" in Windows Help and support. Also there is
>> a cmd prompt group that has some pretty sharp folks(cross posting this)
>>
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...mdprompt.admin
>>
>> joshboski wrote:
>> > I am currently trying to write a batch file that will delete a list of
>> > files from all of my network drives. The problem I am having is
>> > getting the network drives. I am on a rather large network, and I
>> > would like this to run on several different computers that may be
>> > connected to different drives.
>
> My apologies, that I did not include this also...I need the list of
> local hard drives as well

If you want something a little snazzier then you can use this script
file and massage it to give you the information you want. You need
to invoke it like so in your batch file: cscript //nologo c:\diskparms.vbs

Const Removable = 1
Const Fixed = 2
Const Network = 3
Const CDROM = 4
Const RAMDisk = 5

Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set drives = oFSO.Drives

NewLine=Chr(10)
Line = ""

For Each drive In drives
Line = Line & "Drive " & drive.Path
Line = Line & " " & ShowDriveType(Drive)
If drive.IsReady Then Line = Line & ", ready" Else Line = Line & ", not
ready"

If drive.IsReady Then
If drive.DriveType=Network Then
Line = Line & ", Label=" & drive.ShareName
Else
Line = Line & ", Label=" & drive.VolumeName
End If

Line = Line & ", FS=" & drive.FileSystem
Line = Line & ", Total=" & Int(drive.TotalSize/1000000)
Line = Line & ", Free=" & Int(drive.FreeSpace/1000000)
Line = Line & ", Available=" & Int(drive.AvailableSpace/1000000)
Line = Line & ", Serial=" & Hex(drive.SerialNumber)
End If

Line = Line & NewLine
Next
wscript.echo Line

Function ShowDriveType(Drive)
Select Case drive.DriveType
Case Removable
T = "Removable"
Case Fixed
T = "Fixed"
Case Network
T = "Network"
Case CDROM
T = "CD-ROM"
Case RAMDisk
T = "RAM Disk"
Case Else
T = "Unknown"
End Select
ShowDriveType = T
End Function

Not as backwards compatible as some solutions offered here but,
nonetheless, worth a mention -

C:\>fsutil fsinfo drives

Drives: C:\ D:\ E:\ Z:\

.... iterating through that list and using -

C:\>fsutil fsinfo drivetype <insert drive letter here>

.... will return greater detail regarding the type of drive assignment.

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MSEtechnology
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"Bob I" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> See "net use" and "If exist" in Windows Help and support. Also there
> is a cmd prompt group that has some pretty sharp folks(cross posting
> this)
>
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...mdprompt.admin
>
> joshboski wrote:
>
>> I am currently trying to write a batch file that will delete a list
>> of
>> files from all of my network drives. The problem I am having is
>> getting the network drives. I am on a rather large network, and I
>> would like this to run on several different computers that may be
>> connected to different drives.
>

"Dean Wells (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Not as backwards compatible as some solutions offered here but,
> nonetheless, worth a mention -
>
> C:\>fsutil fsinfo drives
>
> Drives: C:\ D:\ E:\ Z:\
>
> ... iterating through that list and using -
>
> C:\>fsutil fsinfo drivetype <insert drive letter here>
>
> ... will return greater detail regarding the type of drive assignment.
>
> --
> Dean Wells [MVP / Directory Services]
> MSEtechnology

For reasons which I am unable to explain, Microsoft turned the
output of the command "fsutil fsinfo drives" into a set of $00-delimited
strings. The result is that I am unable to extract the individual
drive letters out of the string "Drives: C:\ D:\ E:\ F:\ Q:\ R:\",
using a batch file. Do you know of a way to do this?

joshboski <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> My apologies, that I did not include this also...I need the list of
> local hard drives as well

53} How can I quietly test if a disk device is ready or not?
http://www.netikka.net/tsneti/info/tscmd053.htm

54} How can I get the type of a disk device?
http://www.netikka.net/tsneti/info/tscmd054.htm

All the best, Timo

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Useful CMD script tricks http://www.netikka.net/tsneti/info/tscmd.htm

Nod, I encountered the same limitation ... irritating isn't it.

Take a look at the 'bootSwitch.cmd' script here -

ftp://falcon.msetechnology.com/scrip...Switch.cmd.txt

.... it contains a means of resolving this behavior by exploiting an
all-too-often useful unicode oddity. Other ways were and probably still
are available though; didn't give it much thought after I came it that
one.

As I'm sure you know, part of the enjoyment of solving these kind of
annoyances is the creativity involved in making such a limited
environment play nicely ... this is one of my favs. to date.

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Dean Wells [MVP / Directory Services]
MSEtechnology
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"Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Dean Wells (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Not as backwards compatible as some solutions offered here but,
>> nonetheless, worth a mention -
>>
>> C:\>fsutil fsinfo drives
>>
>> Drives: C:\ D:\ E:\ Z:\
>>
>> ... iterating through that list and using -
>>
>> C:\>fsutil fsinfo drivetype <insert drive letter here>
>>
>> ... will return greater detail regarding the type of drive
>> assignment.
>>
>> --
>> Dean Wells [MVP / Directory Services]
>> MSEtechnology
>
> For reasons which I am unable to explain, Microsoft turned the
> output of the command "fsutil fsinfo drives" into a set of
> $00-delimited
> strings. The result is that I am unable to extract the individual
> drive letters out of the string "Drives: C:\ D:\ E:\ F:\ Q:\ R:\",
> using a batch file. Do you know of a way to do this?
>
>

"Dean Wells (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Nod, I encountered the same limitation ... irritating isn't it.
>
> Take a look at the 'bootSwitch.cmd' script here -
>
> ftp://falcon.msetechnology.com/scrip...Switch.cmd.txt
>
> ... it contains a means of resolving this behavior by exploiting an
> all-too-often useful unicode oddity. Other ways were and probably still
> are available though; didn't give it much thought after I came it that
> one.
>
> As I'm sure you know, part of the enjoyment of solving these kind of
> annoyances is the creativity involved in making such a limited environment
> play nicely ... this is one of my favs. to date.
>
> --
> Dean Wells [MVP / Directory Services]

Nicely done and highly imaginative but not my favourite.
I'm a great user of batch files but I wonder how long it
took you to get these lines just right and how maintainable
they are . . .
fsutil fsinfo drives >"%TEMP%\%~n0.$$$"
for /f "tokens=1 delims=\ skip=10" %%d in
('cmd /u /c type "%TEMP%\%~n0.$$$" ^| find /v ""') do echo %%d