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subject: How To Delete All Files And Folders In A Directory [print this page]

I am a frequent member in several forums and spend at least 2

hours on them everyday. Recently I have seen most friends ask

the same question:How do I delete a directory with all the

files and folders in it? I want to explain how to delete all

files and folders in a directory here.

Step 1 Define a folder which you want to delete.

Step 2 Take advantage of Windows ODS command RMDIR.

We need to create a string which we will writeinto a .bat file.

.bat file is sued to be executed in Windows later down in this

article.

What? You do not know RMDIR? Donot worry. Let me explain it to

you. RMDIR is a built-in command in Windows operating system,

and it is usually used to do what we need by DOS. It will delete

a directory as well as all directories, files and folders under

the directory. Click Start > Run > type in cmd > press

Enter key. You will enter the Dos window. Then type in rmdir/?.

You will get the following attributes:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:Documents and Settingspvarando>rmdir /?

Removes (deletes) a directory.

RMDIR [/S] [/Q] [drive:]path

RD [/S] [/Q] [drive:]path

/S Removes all directories and files in the specified directory

in addition to the directory itself. Used to remove a directory

tree.

/Q Quiet mode, do not ask if ok to remove a directory tree with

/S

Step 3 Create the .bat file.

Step 4 Execute it with ColdFusion.

Step 5 To clean things up, lets delete the .bat file

(optional).

Thats it.

by: Borenlee

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