Empty Recyclebin using c program

Question

I cant empty my recycle bin using c program it gives a "file path not specified" error. It works perfectly when i past the command in the command prompt but not in the c program. Even tried running visual studio in administrator mode.

int BinFiles()
{   
char folderCommand[]= "rd /s %systemdrive%\$Recycle.bin";
system(folderCommand);
return 0;
}

Did you try to replace the environment variable with the value in the string you pass to `system`? — harper, Feb 04 '15 at 10:14
possible duplicate of [Why do I have to use double backslashes for file-paths in code?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28328052/why-do-i-have-to-use-double-backslashes-for-file-paths-in-code) — sashoalm, Feb 04 '15 at 18:04

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 04 '15 at 11:08

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You need to escape the \ character:

int BinFiles()
{   
    char folderCommand[]= "rd /s %systemdrive%\\$Recycle.bin";
    system(folderCommand);
    return 0;
}

answered Feb 04 '15 at 11:08

Klas Lindbäck

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There should be a question like "why are files specified with a single backslash in code not being found" so we can mark all such questions as duplicates to it. – sashoalm Feb 04 '15 at 11:11
@sashoalm There probably is, although I couldn't find one. I guess that questions on this don't have the appropriate keywords in the title. If you can't find one you can always change the title of this question. – Klas Lindbäck Feb 04 '15 at 11:34

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 13 '18 at 06:37

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rd /s c:\$Recycle.Bin

(In the above command, “c” is your Windows drive)

Then Press Y key

C:\WINDOWS\system32>rd /s c:\#Recycle.Bin
c:\#Recycle.Bin, Are you sure (Y/N)? Y

answered Dec 13 '18 at 06:37

Amranur Rahman

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Empty Recyclebin using c program

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