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Number   :  2696
Date     :  2002-08-22
Author   :  Garry Deane
Subject  :  Re: deleting files
Size(KB) :  1


--- In xxcopy@y..., "Mike Hazard"  wrote:
> Is there a way to delete files when they reside in a folder that 
has the same name but in several different directories. Can I use 
an If Then statement or what do you suggest to clean out these 
directories.
> 

Not a problem, just use the wild-wild path specification. Here is an 
example where we want to delete everything in the \temp\test\*\dir1\ 
directory regardless of where it exists in the directory tree. I've 
named the files to be deleted within \dir1\ as "deletethis.txt" and 
the rest which are to be kept as "keepthis.txt".

D:\temp>dir /s/b/a-d test\*

D:\temp\test\test1\dir1\Deletethis.txt
D:\temp\test\test1\dir2\keepthis.txt
D:\temp\test\test2\keepthis.txt
D:\temp\test\test2\dir3\keepthis.txt
D:\temp\test\test2\dir3\dir1\deletethis.txt
D:\temp\test\test3\keepthis.txt
D:\temp\test\test3\dir4\keepthis.txt
D:\temp\test\test3\dir1\deletethis.txt

And here is the xxcopy command. Note that I've used the /L option to 
list the results as Mel has mentioned. After you're happy that the 
command will do what you want, just remove the /L.

D:\temp>xxcopy /rsy/pd0/l D:\temp\test\*\dir1\*

XXCOPY == Pro Edition == Ver 2.80.3 (c)1995-2002 Pixelab, Inc.

-----------------------------------------------------------------
D:\temp\test\test1\dir1\Deletethis.txt 0
D:\temp\test\test2\dir3\dir1\deletethis.txt 0
D:\temp\test\test3\dir1\deletethis.txt 0
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Directories processed = 3
Total data in bytes = 0
Files to be deleted = 3
Exit code = 0 (No error, Successful operation)

Garry



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