Command to delete all files in a directory?

thepenguin99 · Post by **thepenguin99** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 10:24 pm

Is there a command to delete all files in a directory? I don't want to delete the directory itself just everything in it. I am currently deleting the directory then recreating it but am looking for a better way.

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 1:57 am

Use the DOS command DEL with wildcards

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LET>RP_WAIT=1
Run Program>C:\command.com /c  DEL Drive:\Folder\*.*
...
Do More Stuff

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Note - this is an edited sample. The original first line was in error as pointed out by JRL in a subsequent posting. The current posting is correct.

thepenguin99 · Post by **thepenguin99** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:48 am

Bob Hansen wrote:Use the DOS command DEL with wildcards

WAIT_RP=1
Run Program>C:\command.com /c DEL Drive:\Folder\*.*
Do More Stuff

What does wait_rp=1 do? I know most commands in the macro seem to change color when you type them in but this one remains black. Also the command doesn't work for me. Dos box comes up with specified command search bad. To many parameters. I think I am going to stick with just deleting and recreating since that works and doesn't seem to have any adverse effects. I would still like to know what wait_rp=1 does though =).

JRL · Post by **JRL** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 4:57 am

What Bob meant is Let>RP_WAIT=1 and what it does is tell the program to pause until the Run Program> line has completed.

See help for Run Program>

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 6:15 am

If you have a SubFolder in your Directory it will not delete the SubFolder or the contents of the subfolder, but it will do what you asked for

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Label>StartLookingForNewFile

Wait>1

let>files=0

let>FN=0

GetFileList>C:\testing\*.*,files

Separate>files,;,file_names

Repeat>FN

Let>FN=FN+1

StringReplace>file_names_%FN%,C:\testing\,,file_name

       Label>LoopTillNameCount

IfFileExists>C:\testing\%file_name%,DeleteTheFile,NextLine

SRT>DeleteTheFile
DeleteFile>C:\testing\%file_name%
END>DeleteTheFile

Label>NextLine

Until>FN,file_names_count

Label>END

Hope this helps

thepenguin99 · Post by **thepenguin99** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 6:35 am

Thx guys, got it.

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 3:13 pm

Thanks JRL for catching that syntax error.

I have modified my original posting.

Command to delete all files in a directory?

Command to delete all files in a directory?

This will work