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Number   :  4542
Date     :  2003-05-06
Author   :  CBFalconer
Subject  :  Re: Deleting folders based on folder date
Size(KB) :  1


meirman@e... wrote:
> At 10:35 AM 5/6/03 -0000, ray_mccormick wrote:
> >--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "daverunda"  wrote:
> 
> >> I have a batch file that uses XXCOPY to create a folder
> >> named %DATE% on my D: drive and copy the contents of my
> >> C:\DATA folder into the D:\ %DATE% folder. This system
> >> works great except that after a while I need to purge
> >> some of these old backup folders.
> >> 
> >
> >If you don't need to do this unattended AND your date
> >format is 'yymmdd' or similar then the folders will be
> >listed together and in date order in Windows Explorer.
> >Keep it simple and just delete them from there.
> >Use  to avoid the recycle bin.
> 
> Does everyone know that you can highlight one item, and then use
> the scroll bar (only, if it is not already on the same screen)
> to go to another item, and then use shift-click, and both ends
> and everything in between will be highlighted? Then you can
> delete or shift-delete and zap them all in one stroke.
> 
> This is pretty basic in some ways, but I didn't see it in the
> two books I read and I missed it for years.
> 
> Cntl-click changes individual items without changing the ones
> already highlighted.

And what is wrong with 'del' from the command line? I never see
Windows Explorer on my machine for weeks on end. Put a command
line window in your startup folder. It takes no resources
(virtually) and is always available for proper control.

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Chuck F (cbfalconer@y...) (cbfalconer@w...)
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