Re: Deleting files from one directory that are not present in another

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"PhilHibbs" <snarks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm trying to sync one directory with another. I've got an xcopy
command that makes sure that files on the source are present on the
target, but I also want to delete files on the target that are not
present on the source.

Currently my command looks like this:

for /R Z:\test1 %F in (*.*) do if not exist "X:%~pnxF" del "%F"

This works fine when I run it on the command prompt directly, but
doesn't work in a cmd file. I seem to remember something about having
to double up the % but I can't remember the details, I tried this in
various places but can't make it work. Any ideas?

Phil Hibbs.

As you say, you must double your % characters when referring
to enumerating variables in batch files.

Robocopy.exe will do exactly what you want. Here is the relevant
line from its help file:
/PURGE :: delete dest files/dirs that no longer exist in source.
You can get it from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9D467A69-57FF-4AE7-96EE-B18C4790CFFD&displaylang=en.


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