Hi, I would like to have a script to remove all files in dir#2 that are also present in dir#1. Files in dir#1 should not be removed. Very urgent, Thanks a lot, Xavier.

The following command would give a list of the files to be deleted: XCOPY/u/n/l/y DIR2\*.* DIR1 Yes, it's XCOPY, but it won't copy anything (because of the /l switch). So, all we need to do is delete the files in that list. This batch file will do the task. ===== BATCH SCRIPT BEGIN ===== :: Leonardo Pignataro (secret_doom@hotmail.com) @echo off if "%1"=="GoTo:" GoTo:%2 %COMSPEC% /e:2048 /c %0 GoTo: start goto eof :start :: Set directories' full path below SET DIR1=C:\Folder1 SET DIR2=C:\Folder2 :: Temporary files table - mantain extentions ! SET T1=%TEMP%.\TEMP01.BAT SET T2=%TEMP%.\TEMP02.BAT SET T3=%TEMP%.\TEMP03.BAT set P=%DIR2%\ if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" set P= echo e100'SET %%1='> %T1% for %%? in (rcx 7 w q) do echo %%?>> %T1% type %T1% |DEBUG %T1% > nul XCOPY/u/n/l/y/i %DIR2%\*.* %DIR1% |FIND /v " " > %T2% :loop copy/y %T1% %T3% > nul type %T2%>> %T3% FIND "SET %%1=" < %T3% > %T2% call %T2% FILE if "%FILE%"=="" goto endloop :: To activate script, remove 'echo.{demo}' from next line echo.{demo}del %P%%FILE% FIND/v "SET %%1=" < %T3% > %T2% goto loop :endloop for %%? in (%T1% %T2% %T3%) do del %%? :eof ===== BATCH SCRIPT END ===== Watch out for line wrapping! That script is de-activated. When you run it, it will display the actions it would take if active. If those are the desired actions, then activate the script (read commented lines to do so). Tell me if that's what you wanted. -- Leonardo Pignataro - Secret_Doom -- secret_doom@hotmail.com www.batch.hpg.com.br