>From Microsoft Command Prompt Help:
C:\Windows\System32>del /?
Deletes one or more files.
DEL [/P] [/F] [/S] [/Q] [/A[[:]attributes]] names
ERASE [/P] [/F] [/S] [/Q] [/A[[:]attributes]] names
names Specifies a list of one or more files or directories.
Wildcards may be used to delete multiple files. If a
directory is specified, all files within the directory
will be deleted.
/P Prompts for confirmation before deleting each file.
/F Force deleting of read-only files.
/S Delete specified files from all subdirectories.
/Q Quiet mode, do not ask if ok to delete on global wildcard
/A Selects files to delete based on attributes
attributes R Read-only files S System files
H Hidden files A Files ready for archive
I Not content indexed Files L Reparse Points
- Prefix meaning not
If Command Extensions are enabled DEL and ERASE change as follows:
The display semantics of the /S switch are reversed in that it shows
you only the files that are deleted, not the ones it could not find.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karen
> Tellef
> Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2015 10:27 AM
> To: RBASE-L Mailing List
> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: How to Globally Delete Files from
> Subdirectories
>
> Javier: If you notice in Paul's original syntax, he's using the DOS
> delete command to delete files in ALL the subdirectories of a root
> directory. That's why I didn't respond to him cuz I have no idea how
> you could construct a "regular" delete command that would reach down
> subdirectory levels.
>
> Karen
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Javier Valencia <[email protected]>
> To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]>
> Sent: Fri, Jun 19, 2015 8:57 pm
> Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: How to Globally Delete Files from
> Subdirectories
>
>
> Paul,
>
> In my command file I use the following command to get rid of all the
> temporary files created when the last user logs out:
>
> SET VAR vconnections
> =(CVAL('CONNECTIONS'))
> SET ERROR MESSAGE 2077 OFF
> IF vconnections = 1 THEN
>
> DEL *.$$$
> ENDIF
> SET ERROR MESSAGE 2077 ON
>
> As far as I know it works
> correctly. If you have blanks in your path, you might try building up
> the variable with the path and criteria and using the ampersand:
>
> SET VAR vcommand
> = ('D:\CAD\*.bak ')
> DEL &vcommand
>
> Javier,
>
> Javier Valencia, PE
> O:
> 913-829-0888
> H: 913-397-9605
> C: 913-915-3137
> -----Original
> Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:rbase-
> [email protected]?> ] On Behalf Of Paul Buckley
> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 10:43 AM
> To: RBASE-L Mailing
> List
> Subject: [RBASE-L] - How to Globally Delete Files from Subdirectories
>
> Good Afternoon,
>
> I'm using the latest build of eXtreme 9.5
> (64) and I've got a compiled application that is not working correctly
> in one spot. I am trying to delete all the BAK files in all the
> subdirectories of a folder. The following worked for quite a while and
> now appears to be not
> working:
>
> SET VAR vdblquote = (CHAR(34))
> SET VAR vcommand = ('zip cmd /c' &
> 'DEL' & .vdblquote + 'D:\CAD\*.bak /s /q' + .vdblquote) &vcommand
>
> Any blues
> clues as to where to start looking or what to do differently?
>
> TIA,
> Paul
> Buckley
>
>
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