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From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 10:37 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Slightly OT DOS Syntax Q
The original syntax questioned by Clayton had the correct syntax. In two
tries
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From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 10:37 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Slightly OT DOS Syntax Q
The original syntax questioned by Clayton had the correct syntax. In two
tries you've changed it so it wouldn't work
ubject: RE: Slightly OT DOS Syntax Q
like this ? :
G:\>rmdir g:\test1\*.* /s/q
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
Erik Goldoff
IT Consultant
Systems, Networks, & Security
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From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tu
Why not just
Rd /s test1
Md test1
Regards
René
From: René de Haas
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 3:02 PM
To: 'NT System Admin Issues'
Subject: RE: Slightly OT DOS Syntax Q
Like rd /s test1
From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 20
Like rd /s test1
From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 3:00 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Slightly OT DOS Syntax Q
like this ? :
G:\>rmdir g:\test1\*.* /s/q
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorr
olume label syntax is incorrect.
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> Erik Goldoff
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> *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 28, 2008 9:48 AM
> *To:* NT
m Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Slightly OT DOS Syntax Q
Don't you need to specify the directory path?
2008/10/28 Erik Goldoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
when I tried it I got
G:\test1>rmdir *.* /s
*.*, Are you sure (Y/N)? y
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorr
October 28, 2008 9:31 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Slightly OT DOS Syntax Q
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> Why not try it before suspecting it of not working?
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> /S Removes all directories and files in the specified directory
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> in addition to th
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From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 9:31 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Slightly OT DOS Syntax Q
Why not try it before suspecting it of not working?
/S Removes all directories and files in the sp
Try using deltree
Cheers
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From: "Doige, Clayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:00:12
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Slightly OT DOS Syntax Q
If I use that, will it
with /S
From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 9:08 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Slightly OT DOS Syntax Q
not sure rmdir will let you delete a directory that has *any* contents,
including subdirectories...
if you always want to delete
: RE: Slightly OT DOS Syntax Q
In my scripts, I do this:
cd x:\directory
rmdir x:\directory /s /q
This way the dir can't be deleted, as your in it.
From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 6:33 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Slight
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> Dusting off some DOS and drawing a mind blank.
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> Wrote a short little batch file with the idea being that everyth
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Subject: RE: Slightly OT DOS Syntax Q
not sure rmdir will let you delete a directory that has *any* contents,
including subdirectories...
if you always want to delete the entire contents of c:\directory, I'd
suggest scripting with something like KILLDIR < long link, w
Brilliant.
From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 9:12 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Slightly OT DOS Syntax Q
In my scripts, I do this:
cd x:\directory
rmdir x:\directory /s /q
This way the dir can't be deleted, as your in it.
In my scripts, I do this:
cd x:\directory
rmdir x:\directory /s /q
This way the dir can't be deleted, as your in it.
From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 6:33 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Slightly OT DOS Syntax Q
Dusting off some DO
, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 9:00 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Slightly OT DOS Syntax Q
If I use that, will it remove the root directory as well, or just the sub
directory stuff?
Eg: rmdir c:\directory /q /s
Will that leave me with c:\di
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From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 28 October 2008 12:36
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Slightly OT DOS Syntax Q
Try using rmdir instead
2008/10/28 Clayton Doige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dusting off some DOS and drawing a mind
Try using rmdir instead
2008/10/28 Clayton Doige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Dusting off some DOS and drawing a mind blank.
>
> Wrote a short little batch file with the idea being that everything (files
> and folders) within in a certain directory is blown out everyday. Goes like
> this:
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> del c:\dir
Dusting off some DOS and drawing a mind blank.
Wrote a short little batch file with the idea being that everything (files
and folders) within in a certain directory is blown out everyday. Goes like
this:
del c:\directory\ *.* /Q /S
this proceeds to delete every file in every subdirectory without
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