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Re: Recursive Directory Tree Deletion in Windows

by Anonymous Monk
on Oct 19, 2000 at 23:50 UTC ( [id://37598]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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in reply to Recursive Directory Tree Deletion in Windows

Am I missing something, or is the underlying OS command relevant here? 
C:\WINDOWS>deltree -?
Deletes a directory and all the subdirectories and files in it.

To delete one or more files and directories:
DELTREE [/Y] [drive:]path [[drive:]path[...]]

  /Y              Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to delete t
+he subdirectory.
  [drive:]path    Specifies the name of the directory you want to dele
+te.

Note: Use DELTREE cautiously. Every file and subdirectory within the s
+pecified directory will be deleted.

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RE: Re: Recursive Directory Tree Deletion in Windows
by the_slycer (Chaplain) on Oct 20, 2000 at 02:21 UTC
    First - he only wants to recursively delete directories that match a particular string. Secondly - deltree is suspiciously missing on Windows 2000 :-(
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      Win2K uses `rmdir`, no more deltree (same functionality though)
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