Folder deletion command/script

ChrisD. · 9 Oct 2013 at 18:36

I need to use a script to delete the following:

e:\logs\logs1\
e:\logs\logs2\

I need to delete all files and folders within those two directories while leaving the original folders intact.

del *.* /Q /S leaves the subfolders
rd e:\logs\logs1\ /S deletes what I want but also deletes the logs1 directory. I need it to stay behind.

If this was Unix I'd have no problem.

OS is W2K3. It needs to be command line base and I can't install any 3rd party apps.

Help please.

marc2003 · 9 Oct 2013 at 20:16

just use md to re-create the folders when done?

Code:

md e:\logs\logs1
md e:\logs\logs2

ChrisD. · 9 Oct 2013 at 20:30

Can't do that because of the way the folders are shared via NFS and their security setup.

UnworthyBean · 9 Oct 2013 at 20:42

Del "Folder\*" /Q

Should work, You just need to add the wildcard (The asterisk) which will delete everything inside the folder.

Code:

Del "e:\logs\logs1\*" /q
del "e:\logs\logs2\*" /q

ChrisD. · 9 Oct 2013 at 20:52

Will that delete subdirectories? Thought that'd only delete files.

UnworthyBean · 9 Oct 2013 at 21:08

Ah, yes. It'll only delete files. Should learn to read

LizardKing · 9 Oct 2013 at 21:35

This should work, may need to tinker with it though

FOR /F "tokens=*" %G IN ('dir e:\logs\logs1 /b') DO rd "e:\logs\logs1\%G\" /S /Q
FOR /F "tokens=*" %G IN ('dir e:\logs\logs2 /b') DO rd "e:\logs\logs2\%G\" /S /Q
Del "e:\logs\logs1\*" /q
del "e:\logs\logs2\*" /q

You could probably do it a bit more elegantly with the find command but its to late for that!