Deltree functionality wanted...

[Br4tt3]

lo pepz..

I am prolly of the chart on this one, but it is annoying! What I want to do is to the delete everything below a certain directory (for example c:\temp). However, I dont wanna delete the temp dir, just all folders and files below it...

If I check the /? for del / erase and rmdir it doesnt really solve it (if I am not mistaken). rmdir /S comes closest but it will also delete the c:\temp which I wanna keep in this cfg. So, can anyone please prove me wrong?

Also, I dont wanna right big messy .vbs enumerations and recursively delete all files or folders with diffrent commands.

Best Regards

ThaSausageEater...

[nmX.Memnoch]

If you want the directory name to stay the same why not do it this way? It seems the simplest solution to me...

DEL C:\TEMP /S /Q
MD C:\TEMP

[cluberti]

You could always just copy the deltree.exe from a Win9x CD to the system32 directory on your box. Deltree does work in XP.

It is also downloadable from http://www.uv.tietgen.dk/staff/mlha/Download/DOS/ (lots of other DOS goodies there too).

[IcemanND]

cd c:\temp
del *.*
for /F %%a in ('dir /ad /b') do rd /s /q %%a

Edited November 22, 2005 by IcemanND

[Br4tt3]

cd c:\temp
del *.*
for /F %%a in ('dir /ad /b') do rd /s /q %%a

Thanks guys!

I will go with the IcemanND solution. Tried it and it did the work... again, thx!

Best Regards

ThaSausageEater..