cleanup batch file

Question

I'm writing a batch file to cleanup my source folders. I want to delete all wincvs generated files with a prefix of .#

FOR /F "tokens=*" %%G IN ('DIR /B .#*.*') DO DEL "%%G"

the problem I'm having is that it's not deleting my files within subdirectories.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 28 '10 at 18:13

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I think you need DEL /S

answered Jan 28 '10 at 18:13

Ariel

I don't think kevin is looking to delete directories recursively, but rather find the files within directories, and then delete them. – mlathe Jan 28 '10 at 18:19
yup missing the /S in the DIR – Kevin Jan 28 '10 at 18:27
he probably meant `DEL /S .#*.*` – Rubens Farias Jan 28 '10 at 18:32

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 28 '10 at 18:18

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you probably want to do

DIR /S /B .#*.*

to list out the directories recursively

answered Jan 28 '10 at 18:18

mlathe

Rubens Farias · Answer 3 · 2010-01-28T18:31:21.837

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What about this:

FOR /R C:\FOLDER\SUBFOLDER %%G IN (.#*.*) DO DEL %%G

edited Jan 28 '10 at 18:31

answered Jan 28 '10 at 18:14

Rubens Farias

I didn't get your solution to work, but I just noticed it's missing a leading period in .#*.* – Kevin Jan 28 '10 at 18:30
sorry kevin, I didn't tested it before, but now it works; do you want to give a try? – Rubens Farias Jan 28 '10 at 18:31
yeah still no luck. not sure what the issue is – Kevin Jan 28 '10 at 18:44
well, that meant to run inside a batch file; if you try to run directly at command prompt, you should to remove a %; – Rubens Farias Jan 28 '10 at 19:03

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