use dir /X to get the 8.3 folder name, then RD /S and path\8.3 folder name.
So, it would look something like: rd /s oOoOoO~1 Chris Peterson Gainey IT Adobe Certified Advanced Coldfusion Developer -----Original Message----- From: Robert Rawlins - Think Blue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:24 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Im Ashamed But Need Help Hello Guys, I've got a bit of an embracing one here, but I left one of my FTP sites open for a couple of days this week (I've now secured it) and some little monkey has been in and created a load of folder with names such as 'oOoOoOoimagesoOoOoOooooo', no real harm done just a load of empty folders which go on many many folders deep. However I'm not able to delete them when logged into the server as an admin, it just says the file name I've specified is invalid or too long. Any ideas on how I can get rid of this stuff? Thanks, Rob ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:283564 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
