Thanks Rebecca. You beat me to it. BTW, I have a small addition to the message I wrote. The DEL commmand has a switch that recurses subdirectories. It did not have the switch when I wrote the batch file. You no longer need the additional program called "sweep."
Regards, Diane -----Original Message----- >From: rebecca officer <rebecca.officer at alliedtelesis.co.nz> >Sent: Aug 29, 2007 8:13 PM >To: FrameUsers List <framers at lists.frameusers.com>, <Dave Reynolds ><dave.reynolds at tait.co.nz> >Subject: Fwd: RE: deleting backup files > >I hung onto it. > >:-) > >Rebecca > >>>> "Diane Gaskill" <dgcaller at earthlink.net> 24/07/07 20:48 >>> >Ben, > >Why do you need a VB script? A simple batch file works fine. > >Run a DOS window from the directory you want to clean up and then run >the >following batch file. Copy the text to Notepad and save it as >cleanfm.bat or >whatever you want to call it. Save it to a directory in the path or add >the >directory to the path. I assume you know about paths. > >BTW, I've been using this .bat for at least 14 years and a general >purpose >one like it for 20 years. Never had either of them delete anything >they >weren't supposed to. > >@echo off >echo. >echo Deleting the following files from the current directory: >dir *.backup.* *.lck >echo. >del *.backup.* *.lck > >You can also add *recover*.* to the list to delete recovery files after >you >save them to the original file names. > >If you have a tree of directories with archived files in them, I have a >neat >little utility called sweep.com that executes a .bat or an .exe in all >of >the directories in the tree. Free. >Hope this helps, > >Diane Gaskill >============================================ > >-----Original Message----- >From: framers-bounces+dgcaller=earthlink.net at lists.frameusers.com >[mailto:framers-bounces+dgcaller=earthlink.net at lists.frameusers.com]On > >Behalf Of B Hechter >Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 10:13 AM >To: framers at lists.frameusers.com >Subject: deleting backup files > > >Hi Framers, > >Before attempting this, thought I would inquire if any VB wizard out >there >has a script snippet to share for deleting FM .backup files from >archival >directories. > >Thanks! > >Ben > >NOTICE: This message contains privileged and confidential >information intended only for the use of the addressee >named above. If you are not the intended recipient of >this message you are hereby notified that you must not >disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it. >If you have received this message in error please >notify Allied Telesis Labs Ltd immediately. >Any views expressed in this message are those of the >individual sender, except where the sender has the >authority to issue and specifically states them to >be the views of Allied Telesis Labs. >_______________________________________________ > > >You are currently subscribed to Framers as dgcaller at earthlink.net. > >Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to >framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com >or visit >http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/dgcaller%40earthlink.net > >Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.