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batch file help
Hi there,
I am trying to write a batch file that takes as an arquemant a directory to look for, searches the current directory and all sub directories for a directory of that name and deletes each one it finds. The command that I am using is FOR /F %%i IN ('dir /b /s /ad %1*') DO rd %%i and the problem is that if I have a directory structure say dir\dir the script deletes the sub directoryvand not the top level dir. Could someone please advise why this is so and how I can modify this behaviour. Am I using the right command to display all directories below the current of a given name. I have noted that the command "dir /b /ad dir_Name" displays the contents of directoty named dir_Name but wont list directories in the current directory named dir_Name. Regards, James. |
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batch file help
On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 03:07:01 -0700, "james"
I am trying to write a batch file that takes as an arquemant a directory to look for, searches the current directory and all sub directories for a directory of that name and deletes each one it finds. The command that I am using is FOR /F %%i IN ('dir /b /s /ad %1*') DO rd %%i and the problem is that if I have a directory structure say dir\dir the script deletes the sub directoryvand not the top level dir. You may be up against the bottom-up way /F processes subtrees. One way might be to expand the For statement to Set a variable when a match is found, and then loop to re-run the entire For statement until this variable is no longer Set. Messy if applied to laaarge subtrees. --------------- ---- --- -- - - - - I'm baaaack! --------------- ---- --- -- - - - - |
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