HOW TO CLEAN A FOLDER CONTENT USING CMD

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Hello all

can any one help?

I need to clean few folders using a batch file ..but I couldn't find a
way to delete subdirectories (Without deleting Root folder)

Eg:
if we have this tree:
C:\Folder1\folder2\files 1 2 3 etc
C:\Folder1\folder3\files 1 2 3 etc
C:\Folder1\folder4\folder5\files 1 2 3 etc
C:\Folder1\files 1 2 3 etc

I need to del (erase everything in "C:\Folder1" without deliting
folder1)

At the moment I use (RD "C:\Folder1" ~~ and MD "C:\Folder1")but it has
some side effects.

Thank you all for help...
 
EziContact1 said:
Hello all

can any one help?

I need to clean few folders using a batch file ..but I couldn't find a
way to delete subdirectories (Without deleting Root folder)

Eg:
if we have this tree:
C:\Folder1\folder2\files 1 2 3 etc
C:\Folder1\folder3\files 1 2 3 etc
C:\Folder1\folder4\folder5\files 1 2 3 etc
C:\Folder1\files 1 2 3 etc

I need to del (erase everything in "C:\Folder1" without deliting
folder1)

At the moment I use (RD "C:\Folder1" ~~ and MD "C:\Folder1")but it has
some side effects.

Thank you all for help...
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A week ago there was a similar question in alt.msdos.batch.nt ;-)
Read my answer:
http://groups.google.com/[email protected]
 
In said:
Hello all

can any one help?

I need to clean few folders using a batch file ..but I couldn't
find a way to delete subdirectories (Without deleting Root
folder)

Eg:
if we have this tree:
C:\Folder1\folder2\files 1 2 3 etc
C:\Folder1\folder3\files 1 2 3 etc
C:\Folder1\folder4\folder5\files 1 2 3 etc
C:\Folder1\files 1 2 3 etc

I need to del (erase everything in "C:\Folder1" without deliting
folder1)

At the moment I use (RD "C:\Folder1" ~~ and MD "C:\Folder1")but
it has some side effects.
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CHDIR *into* the directory (making it the Current Directory),
then issue
RD . /q /s

This will erase all files in the current directory and sub-
directories, all the sub-directories of the current directory.
If will produce a harmless error. If will fail on items currently
in use by another process or if the account has insufficient
permissions to delete. Be as careful with RD /s /q as with the old
DELTREE! See RD /? on your OS to confirm the switches.
 
Hello all

can any one help?

I need to clean few folders using a batch file ..but I couldn't find a
way to delete subdirectories (Without deleting Root folder)

Eg:
if we have this tree:
C:\Folder1\folder2\files 1 2 3 etc
C:\Folder1\folder3\files 1 2 3 etc
C:\Folder1\folder4\folder5\files 1 2 3 etc
C:\Folder1\files 1 2 3 etc

I need to del (erase everything in "C:\Folder1" without deliting
folder1)

At the moment I use (RD "C:\Folder1" ~~ and MD "C:\Folder1")but it has
some side effects.

Thank you all for help...
Click to expand...


See Deltree.bat at tip 617 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
 
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