Thank you Adrian. I had forgot about selecting the folder and doing a "Shift+Del" action. Worked like a charm. You just have to make sure that the folder you have selected is the only one that you want to delete. Not something to do when your half asleep.
Tony On Tuesday, November 4, 2014 4:32:32 PM UTC-6, Adrian Lynch wrote: > > Not really a node or yeoman problem: > > > http://superuser.com/questions/755298/how-to-delete-a-file-with-a-path-too-long-to-be-deleted > > Adrian > > On 4 November 2014 22:08, Anthony Jackman <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Forgive me if this sounds simple. I am working on a Windows 7 machine >> and have been playing with yoeman developed directories. Now that I feel >> comfortable with that portion of nodejs, I would like to delete all those >> "playground" directories, since the machine that I am working on is a >> corporate owned asset. But when I use the command line "rmdir XXXXXXX /s", >> it only goes so far into that project before windows tells me that the >> filename is too long. I assume this is because of the many many duplicated >> modules that a (yoeman) project creates and also the way that Windows >> deletes files and folders. So, does anyone have another route that I can >> take to remove these 'playground' directories without doing it by hand?? >> >> -- >> Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> New group rules: >> https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md >> Old group rules: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "nodejs" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/236e440d-639d-4f80-b8cc-c249976d6534%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/236e440d-639d-4f80-b8cc-c249976d6534%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ New group rules: https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md Old group rules: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/3f540cb1-b8fe-4082-a6ee-5ab2c4b9f9dd%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
