note BrowserUk <blockquote><i>Please tell me I'm over-thinking this!</i></blockquote> <p>You're over thinking this! :) Or rather, going about things the hard way. <p>Assuming the command you gave does what you need everywhere bar Windows, just use this when you detect Windows:<code> system qq[ for /d %d in ($tmp\\scale-*) do @rd /q /s %d ]; </code> <p>Eg:<code> C:\test>dir /b /s ppp C:\test\ppp\donttouch C:\test\ppp\scale-123 C:\test\ppp\scale-124 C:\test\ppp\scale-125 C:\test\ppp\donttouch\junk.1 C:\test\ppp\scale-123\junk C:\test\ppp\scale-123\junk\junk.1 C:\test\ppp\scale-123\junk\junk.2 C:\test\ppp\scale-123\junk\junk.3 C:\test\ppp\scale-124\junk C:\test\ppp\scale-124\junk\junk.1 C:\test\ppp\scale-124\junk\junk.2 C:\test\ppp\scale-124\junk\junk.3 C:\test\ppp\scale-125\junk C:\test\ppp\scale-125\junk\junk.1 C:\test\ppp\scale-125\junk\junk.2 C:\test\ppp\scale-125\junk\junk.3 C:\test>for /d %d in (ppp\scale-*) do rd /q /s %d C:\test>rd /q /s ppp\scale-123 C:\test>rd /q /s ppp\scale-124 C:\test>rd /q /s ppp\scale-125 C:\test>dir /b /s ppp C:\test\ppp\donttouch C:\test\ppp\donttouch\junk.1 </code> <P>Why reinvent an operation that the OS already knows how to do? <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-171588"> <hr /> <font size=1 > <div>With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'</div> <div>Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.</div> <div>"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". </div> <div>In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. </div> </font> </div></div> 1010858 1010858