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Deleting multiple folders using wildcard entries from a batch process.

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How can I remove and delete the contents of more than one folder using wildcard entries from a batch file ran from Windows NT. ie. rmdir /s /q abc* to remove all folders with "abc" in the title. I need to remove folders & all sub contents of a similar type or with a common name entry ie. rms1, rms2, rms3 etc but using a batch process. Hope someone can help? Cheers

Name: Rambler
Date: November 11, 2000 at 11:24:13 Pacific

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RMDIR doesn't support wildcards, DELTREE does.

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This is true but i didnt think Winnt supported Deltree.

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Name: Rambler
Date: November 12, 2000 at 07:31:36 Pacific

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You're right - I was on W95 at the time, your Honor! Try this: FOR /L %d in (1,1,9) DO rmdir xms%d (Use %%d in a batch file.)

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