Re: Batch File Help

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Olam wrote:

I still cannot get mine to work. This is what I have in my bat/cmd file
rmdir /S /Q "C:\Documents and Settings\Jeremy Johnston\Local Settings\Temp\*.*"
I get the following error at the cmd prompt
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

At first I had it deleting all the files in the temp but it left all of the sub directories. ???

Hi,

See tip 617 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com/reghack.htm

DELTREE.BAT "c:\My Test Folder"

To delete files and sub directories under the temp folder:

DELTREE.BAT "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp"


Deltree.bat contains:

@echo off
pushd %1
del /q *.*
for /f "Tokens=*" %%i in ('dir /B') do rd /s /q "%%i"
popd





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