Iam executing the below command.. It errors out saying
invalid directory.. because it cannot understand the
directory name more than 8 characters. Let me know is
there any fix for the same
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forfiles -pC:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL\BACKUP\ -s -m*.Bak -d-4 -c"CMD /C
DEL /Q ""@PATH\@FILE""

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Appreciate ur help

Babu

You didn't quote the path:
forfiles -p"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL\BACKUP\" -s -m*.Bak -d-4 -c"CMD /C DEL /Q ""@PATH\@FILE""

"Babu" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:23d5301c45ec0$ce687320$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Iam executing the below command.. It errors out saying
> invalid directory.. because it cannot understand the
> directory name more than 8 characters. Let me know is
> there any fix for the same
> --------------------------------------------
> forfiles -pC:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
> Server\MSSQL\BACKUP\ -s -m*.Bak -d-4 -c"CMD /C
> DEL /Q ""@PATH\@FILE""
>
> --------------------------------------------
>
> Appreciate ur help
>
> Babu
>
>

Babu wrote:

> Iam executing the below command.. It errors out saying
> invalid directory.. because it cannot understand the
> directory name more than 8 characters. Let me know is
> there any fix for the same
> --------------------------------------------
> forfiles -pC:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
> Server\MSSQL\BACKUP\ -s -m*.Bak -d-4 -c"CMD /C
> DEL /Q ""@PATH\@FILE""
>
> --------------------------------------------
>
> Appreciate ur help
>
> Babu
>
>

Type 'FORFILES -?' at the CMD prompt for some examples. Your
problems have to do with your use of too many or too few double
quotes. For example, you will have to use

. . . -c"CMD /C DEL /Q 0x22@PATH\@FILE0x22"

instead of what you are using. Also, the path after '-p' must
be enclosed in double quotes since there are spaces in the path.

--
Phil Robyn
Univ. of California, Berkeley

u n z i p m y a d d r e s s t o s e n d e - m a i l

Thanks a lot for your inputs it works

Babu
>-----Original Message-----
>You didn't quote the path:
>forfiles -p"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
>Server\MSSQL\BACKUP\" -s -m*.Bak -d-4 -c"CMD /C
DEL /Q ""@PATH\@FILE""
>
>"Babu" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:23d5301c45ec0$ce687320$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Iam executing the below command.. It errors out saying
>> invalid directory.. because it cannot understand the
>> directory name more than 8 characters. Let me know is
>> there any fix for the same
>> --------------------------------------------
>> forfiles -pC:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
>> Server\MSSQL\BACKUP\ -s -m*.Bak -d-4 -c"CMD /C
>> DEL /Q ""@PATH\@FILE""
>>
>> --------------------------------------------
>>
>> Appreciate ur help
>>
>> Babu
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>