A Batch File to delete My Documents Content

[awonson]

Hello,

I would like to run a batch file in my Novell 4.11 login scripts to automatically delete all files in the My Documents folder.

What would be the content of the batch file? Would it be something like this?

c:
cd "c:\my documents"
del *.* < "Y" NULL

I was told that I would need two files, one that would contain the del *.* function and another file that contains 'Y' in it (no quotes). This Y would be passed as a parameter to the calling batch file.

I also don't want the command to appear on the screen when run.

I would appreciate any advice.
Thanks,
Andrew

[slewi]

To stop the script apearing on the screen enter Echo Off.

Del *.* /q will delete without asking for confirmation.

If you think there are sub directories

del *.* /s /q

[Vernon Frazee]

In later versions of MS-DOS and in Windows 9x/Me, the following single command will do what you're after:

• echo y|del "c:\my documents\*.*">nul

If you wanted to delete everything in "C:\My Documents", including all subdirectories, the command would be:

• deltree /y "c:\my documents\">nul

If you wanted the "C:\My Documents" folder itself gone too the command would be:

• deltree /y "c:\my documents">nul

If you wanted to see the output from any one of those commands, simply leave off the trailing ">nul" (redirection to NUL).

I highly recommend practicing with an "A:\My Documents" folder, (with subfolders and files in each) first, before using your command on drive "C:".

[awonson]

Thanks for the replies. I appreciate it. Andrew.