simple script to delete files and folders?!

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Hi All,

I need a script to delelte the contents of a folder periodically as an
scheduled task. Is there a simple way to delete the contents of a
folder including subfolders?

The problem with RD is that it removes the directory itself (and all
contents). I could recreate the folder again but it would loose the
security permissions which are important as this is a netowork share.

Any ideas?
 
Hi All,

I need a script to delelte the contents of a folder periodically as an
scheduled task. Is there a simple way to delete the contents of a
folder including subfolders?

The problem with RD is that it removes the directory itself (and all
contents). I could recreate the folder again but it would loose the
security permissions which are important as this is a netowork share.

Any ideas?
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Try this:

Line1 @echo off
Line2 set Target=Some Folder
Line3 cd /d "%Target%"
Line4 if /i "%cd%"=="%Target%" goto Action
Line5 echo Wrong folder - program terminated.
Line6 pause
Line7 goto :eof
Line8
Line9 :Action
Line10 echo Deleting the contents of %cd%
Line11 echo del /q *.*
Line12 echo for /d %%a in (*.*) do rd /s /q "%%a"
Line13 pause

Line4 will protect you against the event that the target folder
no longer exists. Without Line4 the results would be
disastrous . . .

Remove "echo" in Lines11 & 12 to activate the batch file
 
I need a script to delelte the contents of a folder periodically as an
scheduled task. Is there a simple way to delete the contents of a
folder including subfolders?
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You can do it in two operations, files and directories separately:

del /A /F /Q c:\folder\*.*
for /D %%n in (c:\folder\*) do rd /S /Q %%n
 
Robert Roland said:
You can do it in two operations, files and directories separately:

del /A /F /Q c:\folder\*.*
for /D %%n in (c:\folder\*) do rd /S /Q %%n
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Your method has a little oversight: it will fail for subfolder
names with embedded spaces.
 
Your method has a little oversight: it will fail for subfolder
names with embedded spaces.
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You are right. Thanks for pointing it out. I've done that mistake
countless times.

The fix is simple. It is left as an exercise for the reader :-)
 
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