Gilding the lily further: you could add another parameter %2% to
the dir and del commands to put in the "/S" ... as long as you
also remembered to use the %1% for the top of the directory
that you want the backups to be deleted in - and did not use
it accidentally with a file name or directory name:
@echo off
echo.
echo Deleting the following files from the directory:
cd %1%
dir *.backup.* *.lck %2%
echo.
del *.backup.* *.lck %2%
Z
Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote:
> Perhaps adding a
> master path and /s to catch the subdirectories would do the trick
Yes, works if the master path is consistent and does not cause
problems for any non-FM files below it - not likely, but you never
know!
Yet another possibility ... since the folders may be different for
different projects (but now, we are starting to gild the lily):
Add a parameter to the .BAT file and call it with the directory you
want - with no parameter, it just works in the current directory.
Still best to do it from a DOS window or a Run command line (which
works in this case, since you can specify the directory). BTW, I
continue to be leery of the /S - too uncontrolled an action!
@echo off
echo.
echo Deleting the following files from the directory:
cd %1%
dir *.backup.* *.lck
echo.
del *.backup.* *.lck
Regards,
Z
Rene Stephenson wrote:
It's been a while since I messed with .BAT, but... Perhaps adding a
master path and /s to catch the subdirectories would do the trick:
@echo off
echo.
echo Deleting the following files from the current directory:
cd [MainPathForFMfiles]
dir *.backup.* *.lck /s
echo.
del *.backup.* *.lck /s
HTH
Rene Stephenson
*/Syed Zaeem Hosain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote:
Hi, Mike.
Mike Wickham wrote:
>> Put the following into a file (named with extension .BAT):
>>
>> @echo off
>> echo.
>> echo Deleting the following files from the current directory:
>> dir *.backup.* *.lck
>> echo.
>> del *.backup.* *.lck
>>
>> and that will do the trick when you execute the batch program
in a
>> DOS window or from the Run command line.
>
> Even easier, put a shortcut to the batch file on your desktop or
> elsewhere, and click on it to run it.
Uh ... I think that is not gonna work too well, if you are in the
wrong
directory (your desktop?) when you run it. In fact, I think my
previous
advice to use the Run command line has the same problem! Oops.
So, best to have it in a folder that is in your path and then
execute it
from a DOS window in the correct directory.
As, also mentioned by others for the DEL command, if you want all
backup
files in a directory tree removed, you can add the /S switch. What
was
not mentioned is that you can add that switch to the DIR command too!
BTW, I would be very careful of the /S switch ... if you are in the
wrong
folder. When I tried it from my C:\ root, it found some files that I
would
not want deleted (without knowing what they were)!
Z
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