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Number   :  22
Date     :  2001-05-14
Author   :  Kan Yabumoto
Subject  :  Re: The old favorite query - can I just delete contnet of Content.IE5 via DOS command?
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Van:

The idea of XXCOPY is to do most file-management jobs by itself. So,
before searching for a solution elsewhere to delete certain files in
the directory, try to see whether there is a way to do it by XXCOPY.

If you haven't used XXCOPY for file/directory removal, you should know
that XXCOPY has evolved to be a general-purpose file management tool
including the capabilities of removing files using the same flexibility
as for file-copying.

XXCOPY c:\*\Ocx*\ /RS // Removes all directories which start with Ocx
// The \*\ sequence lets you match the
// directory name in any level (and remove)

The following switches eliminate confirmation prompts for this
operation (XXCOPY is very conservative when it comes to removal).

/RSY makes individual file-delete prompts go away
/PD0 makes prompt-on-directory-deletion go away

The following switch gives additional control of empty directory

/ED preserves empty directories (leaves skeleton directory tree
behind)

To eliminate *ALL* confirmation prompts in XXCOPY, use /YY (but it is
a very dangerous switch and I usually do not recommend it except for a
well tested batch file). More specifically,

If you are aksing how to remove the confirmation by deltree, the answer is

DELTREE /Y c:\mydir\ocxdf2du

The /Y before the path spec will suppress the confirmation Y/N prompts.
Also, if you end the path name with a trailing backslash, the directory
will be preserved after the contents are removed (as follows).

DELTREE /Y c:\mydir\ocxdf2du\

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By the way, a few days ago, Jim Witherspoon, an XXCOPY enthusiast, started
an XXCOPY discussion group in Yahoo. If you have questions regarding
XXCOPY,
become a member of the Yahoo discussion group. It allows you to subscribe
to the mailing list, or just browse the postings.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xxcopy

Kan Yabumoto
tech.xxcopy@d...

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"Van"  wrote in message
news:ehe0aX#2AHA.2092@tkmsftngp03...
>I know, its there somewhere, answered x times over, but let's face it, its
>burried quite deep...
>I talk about those funny named folders with thousands of thousands little
>files, that keep bogging down the copy process in "Xxcopy /clone " ..get
>BSOD
>
>I don't remember the command switch in 'del c:\...\*.* ' that deletes all
>files without confirmation, one by one.
>I know how to 'deltree c:\...\Ocxdf2du' etc. folders, but not their
content.
>So is it OK to delete all the funny folders inside the
"c:\windows\temporary
>internet files\ content.ie5\...." ?
>
>Thanks for paying attention,
>Van
>



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