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Deleting subfolders /batch
Name: Dosnotes Date: June 11, 2009 at 22:37:15 Pacific OS: Windows XP Subcategory: Batch
Comment:
Im trying to delete the contents of the e:\test folder using the command:
echo y | del e:\test\ /s
via a batch file, though it doesnt delete the subfolders, only the files. Anyone know how to amend the syntax to do this or if theres another way to do this?
The following statement deletes all subfolders in E:\test
for /D %%j in (E:\test) do RD /S /Q "%%j"
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Response Number 2
Name: Dosnotes Date: June 14, 2009 at 20:21:08 Pacific
Reply:
Ive tried the command ;
for /D %%j in (E:\test) do RD /S /Q "%%j"
from the prompt in dos though receive the error;
"%%j was unexpected at this time." Is %%J a referance or am I missing something.
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Response Number 3
Name: Judago Date: June 15, 2009 at 00:33:16 Pacific
Reply:
If you use for loops from the command line only one percent % sign is used for for loop variables, inside batch scripts two %% are used. Use %j instead of %%j.
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