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I notice that the DOS rmdir doesn't allow you to give it
the '*' wildcard as an argument. What does one do when one
needs to remove a bunch of directories if one doesn't know
their name, and do it in DOS?

- Tim

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Spammay Blockay wrote:

I notice that the DOS rmdir doesn't allow you to give it
the '*' wildcard as an argument. What does one do when one
needs to remove a bunch of directories if one doesn't know
their name, and do it in DOS?

You could try using the FOR command:

for (%f in tmp*) do rmdir %f

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In article <bg99uj$3o6$06$1@news.t-online.com>,
Andreas Koch <mail@kochandreas.com> wrote:

Spammay Blockay wrote:

I notice that the DOS rmdir doesn't allow you to give it
the '*' wildcard as an argument. What does one do when one
needs to remove a bunch of directories if one doesn't know
their name, and do it in DOS?

You could try using the FOR command:

for (%f in tmp*) do rmdir %f

I just tried that, but I need to be able to use other
environment variables in the script, which Command.com
doesn't seem to like... that is:

SET MYDIR=C:\a\b\c
FOR %F IN (%MYDIR%\PATTERN*) DO RMDIR %f

... doesn't work, because it doesn't seem to like %MYDIR%
in the FOR command. Any way around this you know of?

- Tim

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use deltree

http://www.computerhope.com/deltree.htm



On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 19:03:42 GMT, SPAMBLOCKER@BLOCKEDTOAVOIDSPAM.com
(Spammay Blockay) wrote:

I notice that the DOS rmdir doesn't allow you to give it
the '*' wildcard as an argument. What does one do when one
needs to remove a bunch of directories if one doesn't know
their name, and do it in DOS?

- Tim

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For Windows NT/2000/XP issue the command: del /?
See if the /S command will help.
That is del c:\test\*.* /s will delete all files in c:\test and all c:\test's children
subdirectories.

Then issue: rmdir c:\test /s
to remove the empty folders.

Skip Knoble, Penn State

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 18:06:54 GMT, SPAMBLOCKER@BLOCKEDTOAVOIDSPAM.com (Spammay Blockay)
wrote:

-|In article <3b7iivkfj6c2kgubi1lkjntea763ivguik@4ax.com>,
-|Phil D <dindak@nortelnutworks.com> wrote:

use deltree

http://www.computerhope.com/deltree.htm

-|
-|Doesn't come with Windows 2000. It has to be something that's part
-|of Win2K already. You'd think they believe in simple shell scripting
-|sorts of syntaxs... but nooooooooo! :-)
-|
-|- Tim
-|

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 19:03:42 GMT, SPAMBLOCKER@BLOCKEDTOAVOIDSPAM.com -|>(Spammay Blockay) wrote:

I notice that the DOS rmdir doesn't allow you to give it
the '*' wildcard as an argument. What does one do when one
needs to remove a bunch of directories if one doesn't know
their name, and do it in DOS?

- Tim

Herman D. (Skip) Knoble, Research Associate
(a computing professional for 38 years)
Mailto:hdk@psu.edu
Web: http://www.personal.psu.edu/hdk
Penn State Information Technology Services
Academic Services and Emerging Technologies
Graduate Education and Research Services
Penn State University
214C Computer Building
University Park, PA 16802-21013
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Isn't that what "RMDIR /s <path>" does?

Bryan

Spammay Blockay <SPAMBLOCKER@blockedtoavoidspam.com> wrote:

I notice that the DOS rmdir doesn't allow you to give it
the '*' wildcard as an argument. What does one do when one
needs to remove a bunch of directories if one doesn't know
their name, and do it in DOS?

- Tim

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In article <fvoiivs6i1hf80aiei7ca6ggpe84a9ov4q@4ax.com>,
Herman D. Knoble <hdk@psu.edu> wrote:

For Windows NT/2000/XP issue the command: del /?
See if the /S command will help.
That is del c:\test\*.* /s will delete all files in c:\test and all c:\test's children
subdirectories.

Then issue: rmdir c:\test /s
to remove the empty folders.

Thanks for your help, Herman, but I think I may not have
made myself clear.

In this case, I have a directory stored in the variable
name %MYDIR%. In %MYDIR% there exists a bunch of files,
and some directories, who's names I do not know.

I need to delete all the subdirectories in %MYDIR%,
and all the files in those subdirectories (ie. the
entire directory tree of each of these directories),
BUT NOT ANY OTHER FILE in %MYDIR%.

So, if I've got:

%MYDIR%\myFile1.txt
%MYDIR%\myFile2.cmd
%MYDIR%\myDir1\file1.txt
%MYDIR%\myDir2\abc

Then the directory trees %MYDIR%\myDir1 and %MYDIR%\myDir2
should be deleted, but nothing else.

Any way you can think of doing this in a batch file?

- Tim


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In article <bgboev$bnp$1@wildfire.prairienet.org>,
<psc@prairienetX.org> wrote:

Isn't that what "RMDIR /s <path>" does?

Nope, RMDIR doesn't recognize wildcards -- witness:

C:\>mkdir TESTDIR

C:\>cd TESTDIR

C:\TESTDIR>mkdir A

C:\TESTDIR>mkdir B

C:\TESTDIR>dir
Volume in drive C is Local Disk
Volume Serial Number is 7CD1-879E

Directory of C:\TESTDIR

07/31/2003 12:00p <DIR> .
07/31/2003 12:00p <DIR> ..
07/31/2003 12:00p <DIR> A
07/31/2003 12:00p <DIR> B
0 File(s) 0 bytes
4 Dir(s) 25,187,280,384 bytes free

C:\TESTDIR>rmdir /s *
*, Are you sure (Y/N)? y
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

C:\TESTDIR>

Any other ideas?

- Tim

Bryan

Spammay Blockay <SPAMBLOCKER@blockedtoavoidspam.com> wrote:

I notice that the DOS rmdir doesn't allow you to give it
the '*' wildcard as an argument. What does one do when one
needs to remove a bunch of directories if one doesn't know
their name, and do it in DOS?

- Tim

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Spammay Blockay wrote:

I need to delete all the subdirectories in %MYDIR%,
and all the files in those subdirectories (ie. the
entire directory tree of each of these directories),
BUT NOT ANY OTHER FILE in %MYDIR%.

Mhhh... is backing up the files, deleting files
and directories, then copying the files back
an option?

Is Windows Scripting Host (should be in 2K) an
Option?



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In article <bgbq2s$a86$06$1@news.t-online.com>,
Andreas Koch <mail@kochandreas.com> wrote:

Spammay Blockay wrote:

I need to delete all the subdirectories in %MYDIR%,
and all the files in those subdirectories (ie. the
entire directory tree of each of these directories),
BUT NOT ANY OTHER FILE in %MYDIR%.

Mhhh... is backing up the files, deleting files
and directories, then copying the files back
an option?

I tried using MOVE to move the directories to a known
place, and even that didn't understand wildcards
the way I need it to. Is that what you're suggesting?

Is Windows Scripting Host (should be in 2K) an
Option?

Don't know that -- does that require writing in VBScript?

- Tim

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Actually, I was suggesting for your example "rmdir /s TESTDIR", but I see
in a leter post you need to preserve TESTDIR and any files in TESTDIR. My suggestion gets rid of them as well. Sotty, that's all I have.

Bryan

Spammay Blockay <SPAMBLOCKER@blockedtoavoidspam.com> wrote:

In article <bgboev$bnp$1@wildfire.prairienet.org>,
<psc@prairienetX.org> wrote:

Isn't that what "RMDIR /s <path>" does?

Nope, RMDIR doesn't recognize wildcards -- witness:

C:\>mkdir TESTDIR

C:\>cd TESTDIR

C:\TESTDIR>mkdir A

C:\TESTDIR>mkdir B

C:\TESTDIR>dir
Volume in drive C is Local Disk
Volume Serial Number is 7CD1-879E

Directory of C:\TESTDIR

07/31/2003 12:00p <DIR> .
07/31/2003 12:00p <DIR> ..
07/31/2003 12:00p <DIR> A
07/31/2003 12:00p <DIR> B
0 File(s) 0 bytes
4 Dir(s) 25,187,280,384 bytes free

C:\TESTDIR>rmdir /s *
*, Are you sure (Y/N)? y
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

C:\TESTDIR>

Any other ideas?

- Tim

Bryan

Spammay Blockay <SPAMBLOCKER@blockedtoavoidspam.com> wrote:

I notice that the DOS rmdir doesn't allow you to give it
the '*' wildcard as an argument. What does one do when one
needs to remove a bunch of directories if one doesn't know
their name, and do it in DOS?

- Tim

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In article <bgbuia$djs$3@wildfire.prairienet.org>,
<psc@prairienetX.org> wrote:

Actually, I was suggesting for your example "rmdir /s TESTDIR", but I see
in a leter post you need to preserve TESTDIR and any files in TESTDIR. My >suggestion gets rid of them as well. Sotty, that's all I have.

Bryan

Oh well, thanks anyway -- I hope someone out there knows the
answer (or if there IS an answer :-) ).

- Tim

Spammay Blockay <SPAMBLOCKER@blockedtoavoidspam.com> wrote:

In article <bgboev$bnp$1@wildfire.prairienet.org>,
<psc@prairienetX.org> wrote:

Isn't that what "RMDIR /s <path>" does?

Nope, RMDIR doesn't recognize wildcards -- witness:

C:\>mkdir TESTDIR

C:\>cd TESTDIR

C:\TESTDIR>mkdir A

C:\TESTDIR>mkdir B

C:\TESTDIR>dir
Volume in drive C is Local Disk
Volume Serial Number is 7CD1-879E

Directory of C:\TESTDIR

07/31/2003 12:00p <DIR> .
07/31/2003 12:00p <DIR> ..
07/31/2003 12:00p <DIR> A
07/31/2003 12:00p <DIR> B
0 File(s) 0 bytes
4 Dir(s) 25,187,280,384 bytes free

C:\TESTDIR>rmdir /s *
*, Are you sure (Y/N)? y
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

C:\TESTDIR>

Any other ideas?

- Tim

Bryan

Spammay Blockay <SPAMBLOCKER@blockedtoavoidspam.com> wrote:

I notice that the DOS rmdir doesn't allow you to give it
the '*' wildcard as an argument. What does one do when one
needs to remove a bunch of directories if one doesn't know
their name, and do it in DOS?

- Tim

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Spammay Blockay wrote:

In article <bgbuia$djs$3@wildfire.prairienet.org>,
<psc@prairienetX.org> wrote:

Actually, I was suggesting for your example "rmdir /s TESTDIR", but I see >>in a leter post you need to preserve TESTDIR and any files in TESTDIR. My >>suggestion gets rid of them as well. Sotty, that's all I have.

Bryan

Oh well, thanks anyway -- I hope someone out there knows the
answer (or if there IS an answer :-) ).

- Tim

- - - - - - - - - - begin screen capture - - - - - - - - - -
<Win2000> c:\cmd>tree d:\junkdir
Directory PATH listing for volume MICRON
Volume serial number is 0012FC94 784B:893D
D:\JUNKDIR
????profiles
? ????user1
? ????user2
? ????user3
? ????user4
????suba
????subb
????subc

<Win2000> c:\cmd>for /f "tokens=*" %a in ('dir /ad /b d:\junkdir') do @echo remove d:\junkdir\%a /s /q
remove d:\junkdir\profiles /s /q
remove d:\junkdir\suba /s /q
remove d:\junkdir\subb /s /q
remove d:\junkdir\subc /s /q
- - - - - - - - - - end screen capture - - - - - - - - - -

If this appears to do what you want, then change '@echo remove' to 'rd'.
You may also have to add a pair of double quotes if any of your directory
names have spaces.

Spammay Blockay <SPAMBLOCKER@blockedtoavoidspam.com> wrote:

In article <bgboev$bnp$1@wildfire.prairienet.org>,
<psc@prairienetX.org> wrote:

Isn't that what "RMDIR /s <path>" does?

Nope, RMDIR doesn't recognize wildcards -- witness:

C:\>mkdir TESTDIR

C:\>cd TESTDIR

C:\TESTDIR>mkdir A

C:\TESTDIR>mkdir B

C:\TESTDIR>dir
Volume in drive C is Local Disk
Volume Serial Number is 7CD1-879E

Directory of C:\TESTDIR

07/31/2003 12:00p <DIR> .
07/31/2003 12:00p <DIR> ..
07/31/2003 12:00p <DIR> A
07/31/2003 12:00p <DIR> B
0 File(s) 0 bytes
4 Dir(s) 25,187,280,384 bytes free

C:\TESTDIR>rmdir /s *
*, Are you sure (Y/N)? y
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

C:\TESTDIR>

Any other ideas?

- Tim

Bryan

Spammay Blockay <SPAMBLOCKER@blockedtoavoidspam.com> wrote:

I notice that the DOS rmdir doesn't allow you to give it
the '*' wildcard as an argument. What does one do when one
needs to remove a bunch of directories if one doesn't know
their name, and do it in DOS?

- Tim

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On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 18:59:27 GMT, SPAMBLOCKER@BLOCKEDTOAVOIDSPAM.com
(Spammay Blockay) wrote:

In article <fvoiivs6i1hf80aiei7ca6ggpe84a9ov4q@4ax.com>,
Herman D. Knoble <hdk@psu.edu> wrote:

For Windows NT/2000/XP issue the command: del /?
See if the /S command will help.
That is del c:\test\*.* /s will delete all files in c:\test and all c:\test's children
subdirectories.

Then issue: rmdir c:\test /s
to remove the empty folders.

Thanks for your help, Herman, but I think I may not have
made myself clear.

In this case, I have a directory stored in the variable
name %MYDIR%. In %MYDIR% there exists a bunch of files,
and some directories, who's names I do not know.

I need to delete all the subdirectories in %MYDIR%,
and all the files in those subdirectories (ie. the
entire directory tree of each of these directories),
BUT NOT ANY OTHER FILE in %MYDIR%.

So, if I've got:

%MYDIR%\myFile1.txt
%MYDIR%\myFile2.cmd
%MYDIR%\myDir1\file1.txt
%MYDIR%\myDir2\abc

Then the directory trees %MYDIR%\myDir1 and %MYDIR%\myDir2
should be deleted, but nothing else.

Any way you can think of doing this in a batch file?

If I'm understanding you correctly, you want to keep all the files in
the folder and just delete all the directories. If you don't want to
delete all the directories, or only want to delete directories that
have certain letters in their name (e.g., delete \PORN001, \PORN002,
\P0RN003 but not \LETTERSTOGRANDMA ;) then this would be a different
story...

So, how about a simple batch file where you move the files to a
temporary location, then DELTREE the remaining contents of the folder?

E.g.,

MD C:\TEMPCOPY
XCOPY C:\MYDIR\*.* C:\TEMPCOPY
DELTREE C:\MYDIR\
XCOPY C:\TEMPCOPY\*.* C:\MYDIR

(if you don't have DELTREE, you could go use instead:

CD..
RMDIR C:\MYDIR
MD C:\MYDIR
CD C:\MYDIR

Of course, this is not an optimal solution; if you have a large number
of files the copies could take a long time, and various file
attributes (hidden, system, readonly) might cause problems... but it
doesn't seem to be the simplest.

- Tim

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You can issue:

cd \
cd testdir
attrib +R *.* (make the files i testdir read only.)
del *.* /s /q (this will erase all files in A and B
attrib -R *.* (remove the Read Only bit)

Now A and B are empty and testdir files are ok.
Removing just these children subdirectories IA and B) is another matter.

Assuming that all files in Testdir have a file extension, and that no directries
under c:\testdir have extensions, one could issue:

CD \
cd testdir
dir /b *. > delthem.bat

Now delthem .bat would contain only subdirectoy names for subdirecties
under c:\testdir.

One could then edit this file using edlin (or even notepad) and insert before each line
the three characters 'rd ' (wiithout quotes), and then run: delthem.bat

Crude, but works.

Skip Knoble, Penn State


On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 20:37:42 GMT, SPAMBLOCKER@BLOCKEDTOAVOIDSPAM.com (Spammay Blockay)
wrote:

-|In article <bgbuia$djs$3@wildfire.prairienet.org>,
-| <psc@prairienetX.org> wrote:

Actually, I was suggesting for your example "rmdir /s TESTDIR", but I see -|>in a leter post you need to preserve TESTDIR and any files in TESTDIR. My -|>suggestion gets rid of them as well. Sotty, that's all I have.

Bryan

-|
-|Oh well, thanks anyway -- I hope someone out there knows the
-|answer (or if there IS an answer :-) ).
-|
-|- Tim
-|

Spammay Blockay <SPAMBLOCKER@blockedtoavoidspam.com> wrote:

In article <bgboev$bnp$1@wildfire.prairienet.org>,
<psc@prairienetX.org> wrote:

Isn't that what "RMDIR /s <path>" does?

Nope, RMDIR doesn't recognize wildcards -- witness:

C:\>mkdir TESTDIR

C:\>cd TESTDIR

C:\TESTDIR>mkdir A

C:\TESTDIR>mkdir B

C:\TESTDIR>dir
Volume in drive C is Local Disk
Volume Serial Number is 7CD1-879E

Directory of C:\TESTDIR

07/31/2003 12:00p <DIR> .
07/31/2003 12:00p <DIR> ..
07/31/2003 12:00p <DIR> A
07/31/2003 12:00p <DIR> B
0 File(s) 0 bytes
4 Dir(s) 25,187,280,384 bytes free

C:\TESTDIR>rmdir /s *
*, Are you sure (Y/N)? y
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

C:\TESTDIR>

Any other ideas?

- Tim

Bryan

Spammay Blockay <SPAMBLOCKER@blockedtoavoidspam.com> wrote:

I notice that the DOS rmdir doesn't allow you to give it
the '*' wildcard as an argument. What does one do when one
needs to remove a bunch of directories if one doesn't know
their name, and do it in DOS?

- Tim

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Herman D. (Skip) Knoble, Research Associate
(a computing professional for 38 years)
Mailto:hdk@psu.edu
Web: http://www.personal.psu.edu/hdk
Penn State Information Technology Services
Academic Services and Emerging Technologies
Graduate Education and Research Services
Penn State University
214C Computer Building
University Park, PA 16802-21013
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On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 05:32:07 GMT, SPAMBLOCKER@BLOCKEDTOAVOIDSPAM.com
(Spammay Blockay) wrote:

I don't know if you've read my other postings, but the solution

Some, not all (odd propogation on this server ;-)

requires that the deleting mechanism be able to use environment
variables and wildcards. DELTREE can do this, but I'm using Windows 2000, >which doesn't come with it.

Then get it?
http://www.techadvice.cc/files/s29k2/w95b/deltree.exe

And you can't do:

rmdir %MYVARIABLE%\*

Just try it under Windows 2000, and you'll see that rmdir doesn't
understand wildcards.

Hmm, under WindowsXP,

rmdir %MYDIR%\
or
rmdir %MYDIR%\TEST\

both work. Don't forget the trailing slash. But perhaps 2K's rmdir
does things differently.

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Spalls Hurgenson <there> wrote:

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 05:32:07 GMT, SPAMBLOCKER@BLOCKEDTOAVOIDSPAM.com
(Spammay Blockay) wrote:

I don't know if you've read my other postings, but the solution

Some, not all (odd propogation on this server ;-)

requires that the deleting mechanism be able to use environment
variables and wildcards. DELTREE can do this, but I'm using Windows 2000, >>which doesn't come with it.

Then get it?
http://www.techadvice.cc/files/s29k2/w95b/deltree.exe

I was hoping to not have to add anything... it's supposed to work
without adding any new .exe's.

And you can't do:

rmdir %MYVARIABLE%\*

Just try it under Windows 2000, and you'll see that rmdir doesn't >>understand wildcards.

Hmm, under WindowsXP,

rmdir %MYDIR%\
or
rmdir %MYDIR%\TEST\

both work. Don't forget the trailing slash. But perhaps 2K's rmdir
does things differently.

Did you try:

rmdir %MYDIR%\*

??

I'll see if adding a trailing slash makes a difference, tho'.

- Tim

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In article <rpmkivo2bfbgku6den4psisffqgvnchl1v@4ax.com>,
Herman D. Knoble <hdk@psu.edu> wrote:

You can issue:

cd \
cd testdir
attrib +R *.* (make the files i testdir read only.)
del *.* /s /q (this will erase all files in A and B
attrib -R *.* (remove the Read Only bit)

Now A and B are empty and testdir files are ok.
Removing just these children subdirectories IA and B) is another matter.

Assuming that all files in Testdir have a file extension, and that no directries
under c:\testdir have extensions, one could issue:

CD \
cd testdir
dir /b *. > delthem.bat

Now delthem .bat would contain only subdirectoy names for subdirecties
under c:\testdir.

One could then edit this file using edlin (or even notepad) and insert before each line
the three characters 'rd ' (wiithout quotes), and then run: delthem.bat

Crude, but works.

Aaaaaaaaarrrgh! I've been spoiled by being an old unix hack!

Bad, BAD DOS! Need to be able to do: rm -fr $mydir/pattern*

Grrr. :-)

- Tim

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On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 17:00:19 GMT, SPAMBLOCKER@BLOCKEDTOAVOIDSPAM.com
(Spammay Blockay) wrote:

Did you try:

rmdir %MYDIR%\*

Yes. Specifically, I created and filled the folder C:\TEMP\TEST with a
number of garbage files and directories. I then SET MYDIR=C:\TEMP\TEST

This I followed with the command RMDIR /S /Q %MYDIR%\ . This
successfully deleted C:\TEMP\TEST and all its contents. The /S command
is required to delete all contents, the /Q makes it work quietly,
without asking for confirmation. Without the /S command, RMDIR will
complain that the directory is not empty

As I said, this was in WinXP (Pro, SP1); it's possible RMDIR works
differently in Win2K.

Of course, after RMDIR the directory, you'd have to recreate it and
then copy the files you wanted to save back from the temp folder you
made...

I'll see if adding a trailing slash makes a difference, tho'.

Be sure to let us know how it turns out, if only to confirm whether or
not Win2K's RMDIR works differently.

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