Batch file that searches for certain files

[Marthax]

Hello Everyone!

Does anyone know how to do it? What I want is a batch command that makes the batch file search f.ex, all *.bmp files and then removes them. How to?

Thanks in advance!

Marthax

[Yzöwl]

It sounds too easy, what's the catch

Please explain, where you are wanting to perform the search, one drive, many locations, etc. Whether hidden and read only need including, not recommended; which OS is it to be compatible with and at what stage of setup you are wanting it to work.

[Nazgul]

What about the basic del command?

del /q /s /f C:\SomeDir\*.bmp

/q = Quiet mode, do not ask if ok to delete on global wildcard

/s = Delete specified files from all subdirectories.

/f = Force deleting of read-only files.

[Marthax]

@Yzöwl: I want it to work on WinXP and it should execute with RunOnceEx. I know it sounds easy, but I just couldn't figured it out. Maybe I was to tired. There's no catch It's not supposed to search for hidden files.

@Nazgul: The problem with that command is that it'll search only in the "somedir" directory and not the rest. I want it to search the whole drive for a certain kind of files and delete them if it finds any.

EDIT: What happends if you type del "%systemdrive%\*.fileformat"? Will it work the way I want it?

Edited July 10, 2005 by Marthax