I have on my computer an partition named H:
On that partition i have diffent folders with each a folder called "bin"
Example:
H:MyFolder\Bin
H:AnotherFolder\Bin
I know that I can delete bin with the follow command:
set folder="H:\Bin"
cd /d %folder%
for /F "delims=" %%i in ('dir /b') do (rmdir "%%i" /s/q || del "%%i" /s/q)
Is it possible to empty all the bin folders from all folders in partition H: with a command?
This will remove the content of all the bin folders under H:\ while keeping the folders.
for /r "H:\" /d %%a in (bin) do #if exist "%%~fa\" ( pushd "%%~fa" && ( echo "%%~fa" & echo rmdir . /s /q & popd ))
There is an echo command that precedes the rmdir. This is included for testing and must be removed to perform the content removal.
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I have a folder That has subfolders as below : I was able to loop and copy the folder and subfolders from test1 to test 3. But I want to extend the functionality by removing the each folder after copying
but am not able to instead is removing all the test 1 to test 3 folder.The test folder is just an example, the folders can be any name.
"C:\BACKUP_FDM_FILES\localbackup\test1"
"C:\BACKUP_FDM_FILES\localbackup\test2"
"C:\BACKUP_FDM_FILES\localbackup\test3"
pushd "C:\BACKUP_FDM_FILES"
for /f "tokens=*" %%G in ('dir /b /s /a:d ') do (
echo Found %%G
XCOPY %%G "C:\FDM\Upload" /e /s /y
if errorlevel 0 (
echo Copy succesffully copied reason Files were copied without error and you can delete the content folder
rd "%%G\*" /s /q
mkdir "%%G"
)
)
popD
pause
If you resort to XCOPY, why not use the "successor" ROBOCOPY without any loop, deleting and re-creating the folder? Like in
robocopy "C:\BACKUP_FDM_FILES\localbackup\" "C:\FDM\Upload\localbackup" /s /e /COPYALL /dcopy:T /move
This will even keep the timestamp on the moved folder, and all attributes on moved files. Added benefit: you can use all the other helpful options of this command at no extra cost.
"C:\BACKUP_FDM_FILES\localbackup\test1"
"C:\BACKUP_FDM_FILES\localbackup\test2"
"C:\BACKUP_FDM_FILES\localbackup\test3"
pushd "C:\BACKUP_FDM_FILES"
for /f "tokens=*" %%G in ('dir /b /s /a:d ') do (
echo Found %%G
XCOPY %%G "C:\FDM\Upload" /e /s /y
if errorlevel 0 (
echo Successfully copied now you can delete folder
popd
rd "%%G\*" /s /q
mkdir "%%G"
)
pause
You are using pushd to go to backup folder so you need to use popd to go back to parent folder.
SS64 - POPD
Hi all and thanks for the answers,
Firstly, I tried to find the answer to my problem but I did not find anything.
I have a tree of folders and sub-folders and I want to use 7zip to compress the files within those folders separately.
I have got this piece of code from this very website, it does what I want to get but it places the compressed files on the main folder:
set extension=.*
for /R %%a in (*%extension%) do "%sevenzip%" a -mx "%%~na.zip" "%%a"
I wonder if I can get a zip file of every file and have it in the sub-folder containing the source file. Or doing the process above and place every zip file inside the appropriate sub-folder.
I tried with a double 'For /d' but I was unable to get it:
cd /d %~dp0
rem 7z.exe path
set sevenzip=
if "%sevenzip%"=="" if exist "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\7-zip\7z.exe" set
sevenzip=%ProgramFiles(x86)%\7-zip\7z.exe
if "%sevenzip%"=="" if exist "%ProgramFiles%\7-zip\7z.exe" set
sevenzip=%ProgramFiles%\7-zip\7z.exe
if "%sevenzip%"=="" echo 7-zip not found&pause&exit
for /D %%O in (*) do (
for /R %%I in ("%%O\*") do (
"%sevenzip%" a -mx "%%~na.zip" "%%a"
:: rd /s /q "%%I" **Because I do not want to delete anything by now.
)
)
Again, thank you.
Alex.
If you have somewhat complex folder structure then you probably better use plain list from dir:
dir /a:-d /s /b /o
Just use its output in for:
for /f %%f in ('dir /a:-d /s /b /o') do (
echo %%f <-- %%f is a full path to a file, do something with it
)
Btw, 7zip has useful option -sdel to remove the source file when archive has been created successfully.
This is the final code:
#echo off
cd /d %~dp0
rem 7z.exe path
set sevenzip=
if "%sevenzip%"=="" if exist "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\7-zip\7z.exe" set sevenzip=%ProgramFiles(x86)%\7-zip\7z.exe
if "%sevenzip%"=="" if exist "%ProgramFiles%\7-zip\7z.exe" set sevenzip=%ProgramFiles%\7-zip\7z.exe
if "%sevenzip%"=="" echo 7-zip not found&pause&exit
#echo searching...
for /R %%I in (*) do (
"%sevenzip%" a -mx -mmt4 "%%I.7z" -r -x!*.bat "%%I"
)
del "Compressing_files_7zip.bat.7z"*
del *.7z.7z
del *.zip.7z
::::::::::::::::::::::::::For setting up shutdown 60' after the end of the process.Remove colons in the line below.
::shutdown.exe /s /t 3600
pause
Thanks all for the support, especially to Frost.
For a simpler version without using 7zip:
for /f %%f in ('dir /a:-d /s /b /o *.mdb') do (
zip -r -p "%%f.zip" "%%f"
)
I want to use this script below to clean out "tmp" and "cache" folders in websites like "C:\Storage\Websites\Site1".
It tries to delete files and subfolders in "C:\Storage\Websites\Site1\tmp" and "C:\Storage\Websites\Site1\cache".
Which is right, but it also tries to delete files and subfolders in, for example, "C:\Storage\Websites\Site1\MySpecialLittleProgram\tmp" and, for example, "C:\Storage\Websites\Site1\MySpecialLittleProgram\cache".
Which is wrong. It should only clean up the "tmp" and "cache" folder in the root of the website and not in other subfolders.
If I delete the /s parameter in 'dir /a:d /b /s tmp cache' it will not find anything.
How can I do this part?
(I have deleted the /q parameter in the file deleting part and the folder removing part if anyone copies my script.)
#echo off
call:CleanUp "C:\Storage\Websites"
echo.&pause&goto:eof
::--------------------------------------------------------
::-- Function section starts below here
::--------------------------------------------------------
:CleanUp
IF EXIST %~1 (
cd /d %~1
FOR /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('dir /a:d /b /s tmp cache') DO (
echo %%i
::DELETING FILES I FOLDERS AND SUBFOLDERS
del %%i /s
::DELETING NOW EMPTY FOLDERS AND SUBFOLDERS
FOR /D %%p IN ("%%i\*.*") DO rmdir "%%p" /s
)
)
goto:eof
UPDATE:
I updated my code to be (it is working now):
#echo off
call:CleanUp "C:\Storage\Web"
call:CleanUp "C:\Storage\Web-IIS"
goto:eof
::--------------------------------------------------------
::-- Function section starts below here
::--------------------------------------------------------
:CleanUp
IF EXIST %~1 (
cd /d %~1
FOR /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('dir /a:d /b') DO (
IF EXIST %%i\tmp (
del %%i\tmp /s /q
FOR /D %%p IN ("%%i\tmp\*.*") DO rmdir "%%p" /s /q
)
IF EXIST %%i\cache (
del %%i\cache /s /q
FOR /D %%p IN ("%%i\cache\*.*") DO rmdir "%%p" /s /q
)
)
)
goto:eof
This should remove the files in those two locations:
#echo off
del "C:\Storage\Websites\Site1\tmp\*.*" /a /s
del "C:\Storage\Websites\Site1\cache\*.*" /a /s
From your comment, this may be what you need to do: remove the echo keyword after testing it to see the commands on the console that would be executed.
#echo off
cd /d "C:\Storage\Websites"
for /d %%a in (*) do (
for %%b in (tmp cache) do (
pushd "%%~fa\%%b" 2>nul && (echo rd /s /q "%%~fa\%%b" 2>nul & popd)
)
)
pause
I suggest to use rmdir or rd for this task:
rd "C:\Storage\Websites\Site1\tmp" /S /Q
md "C:\Storage\Websites\Site1\tmp"
rd "C:\Storage\Websites\Site1\cache" /S /Q
md "C:\Storage\Websites\Site1"
Command rd with options /S for all subdirectories and /Q for quiet deletes also tmp and cache, but those 2 directories can be easily recreated using command md although I'm quite sure that this would not be really necessary here as the application creating tmp and cache would do it also automatically.
If that is not what you want, please show as directory listings with files and folders in one of the two directories before cleanup and after cleanup.
I have code:
#echo off
for /d %%a in (*.*) do (
pushd
echo %%~fa
cd %%~fa
cd
popd
copy /b "*.*" +,,
)
:end
pause
What I'm trying to do, is to touch all the files in the current folder (this .bat is already in this folder and doesn't matter) and subfolders with the current timestamp. Script is nearly done, but does not do what I exactly want.
for /d /r . %%f in (*) do (
pushd "%%~ff"
copy /b "*.*" +,,
popd
)
Hi I tried below command to delete files in UNC path
set folder="\\SERVERNAME\Publish"
cd /d %folder%
for /F "delims=" %%i in ('dir /b') do (rmdir "%%i" /s/q || del "%%i" /s/q)
But I got error saying:
UNC paths are not supported. Defaulting to Windows Directory
Somehow I need to delete files that are residing in Server's shared path using batch command. Any help appreciated.
edited 2015-09-16 - Original answer remains at the bottom
Code reformated to avoid removal of non desired folders if the mapping fails. Only if the pushd suceeds the removal is executed.
set "folder=\\SERVERNAME\Publish"
pushd "%folder%" && (
for /d %%i in (*) do rmdir "%%i" /s /q
popd
)
original answer:
set "folder=\\SERVERNAME\Publish"
pushd "%folder%"
for /d %%i in (*) do rmdir "%%i" /s /q
popd
pushd will create a drive mapping over the unc path and then change to it. Then, all the operations are over drive:\folders. At the end popd will remove the drive assignation.
This deletes all files with name like 'ms' and over a year.
#echo off
set "year=-365"
PushD "\\SERVERNAME\FolderName" && (
"forfiles.exe" /s /m "*_ms_*" /d %year% /c "cmd /c del #file"
) & PopD