Deleting a folder via Batch file

[konjis1]

If i want to delete a folder, say it was named "Test Folder", on my H drive.....is this how i would write it because i am not having any luck:


CD H:\
ECHO
forfiles /p "H:\Neals Personal Info" /s /m Test*" /c "cmd /c Del Test*"
pause



Thank you in advance!

[foxidrive]

Do you know the location of the folder?

[Squashman]

If you know the folder name why are you using a File Mask with a wildcard?
The file mask could also match files so you should also look at using the @ISDIR variable.

[Compo]

Regardless of the above, there is one thing which appears quite obvious to me...

Do you really want to use a command named FORFILES to work with a DIRECTORY and then use DELETE as opposed to ReMoveDIRectory on it?

[konjis1]

There are backup files/folders that are created every night at 11pm, and those files start with the word of "Test". So that is why i was using the wildcard. The location of those files are H:\Neals Personal\. So what i was really trying to do was every night i want to delete a backup folder that is a day old. So you all say i should just use the "DELETE" command? How would i specify the date parameters?

[Squashman]

How would i specify the date parameters?

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/D    date          Selects files with a last modified date greater
                    than or equal to (+), or less than or equal to
                    (-), the specified date using the
                    "MM/dd/yyyy" format; or selects files with a
                    last modified date greater than or equal to (+)
                    the current date plus "dd" days, or less than or
                    equal to (-) the current date minus "dd" days. A
                    valid "dd" number of days can be any number in
                    the range of 0 - 32768.
                    "+" is taken as default sign if not specified.

[Compo]

There are backup files/folders that are created every night at 11pm, and those files start with the word of "Test". So that is why i was using the wildcard.

The location of those files are H:\Neals Personal\. So what i was really trying to do was every night i want to delete a backup folder that is a day old.

Please be more specific, are you deleting files which begin with Test located at "H:\Neals Personal"? or are you removing a directory beginning with Test located at "H:\Neals Personal"? or both of the above?

[konjis1]

Well they are folders that have content. So the location is H:\Neals Personal\Test12345, where Test12345 contains the backup content. I am trying to delete the folder Test12345.

[Compo]

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@Echo Off & SetLocal
For /F "Tokens=*" %%A In ('Dir/B/AD/OD "H:\Neals Personal\Test*"') Do Set _D="%%~fA"
Echo( RD/S/Q %_D%&Pause

Remove the first six and last six characters on the last line if you are happy with the result in the console window!