well, shoot...it is windows...isn't the default to have full control for everybody and log everybody in as administrator? ACLs...we don't need no stinkin ACLs. ;) but it felt good to dust off those mad batch file skillz...made me remember why I'm moving more and more to linux
On 1/16/06, Bobby Hartsfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, didn't think about that since, normally (in most of what I do or have > done) permissions of CF managed directories and files wouldn't be a problem. > It would just be another CF managed directory. If it were an issue however, > a well planned directory structure and inheritable permissions would take > care of it... Jim nailed the batch file equivalent though and got around > using CALCS commands ;-) > > > ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. > Bobby Hartsfield > http://acoderslife.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 9:12 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Delete directory contents > > OK, there is probably a more elegant way...but this would get the > trick done, with ACL's intact... > > REM this assumes that "c:\foo" is the directory that you want to empty > echo. >> c:\foo\foo.txt > REM /O option in xcopy preserves ACL's > echo f|xcopy /O c:\foo\foo.txt c:\foo2\foo.txt > rmdir C:\foo /Q /S > move c:\foo2 c:\foo > del c:\foo\foo.txt > > > On 1/16/06, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ok, let me try ONE more time with the right command"S"... > > > > > > @echo off > > > rmdir C:\mydir /Q /S > > > mkdir C:\mydir > > > > > > this would delete the directory and recreate it since, like > > > Jim said, I don't believe there is a single DOS command that > > > is equivalent to the linux command he posted > > > > The one minor problem with this approach is that it won't retain the > > directory ACLs of the original directory. > > > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:229747 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
