Remove folder once it is empty!!!

[jamesfui]

hi everyone..
i need to remove certain folders once it is checked empty!!
what is the script to do that?

for example,
c:\reports\2008\*.doc

once all the files are moved to,
c:\reports\2010\*.doc

the bat will check whether the folder '2008' is empty or not,
if empty, delete the folder but if still got files even hidden one,
that folder will retain & display a msg showing that folder still got file exist in it!!

thanks!!

[avery_larry]

Just try to remove the directory. If it's not empty, it will fail:


rd "c:\dir to be deleted"

[dani8190]

hmmm how about this?

cd\
cd c:\reports\2008
if not exist *.doc goto delete


:delete
cd\
cd reports
rd /S /Q 2008
exit

hope it helps

[aGerman]

cd\
cd c:\reports\2008
if not exist *.doc goto delete


:delete
cd\
cd reports
rd /S /Q 2008
exit

No. If you found no *.doc files you jump to :delete. This is OK, but what happens if *.doc files are found?! The CMD will interprete the next line (it's :delete too). Think about it and correct your code (it's easy).

BTW avery_larry is right. But it also wouldn't remove the folder if there are (empty) subfolders inside.
Another possibility:

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@echo off &setlocal
dir /a-d /b /s "c:\reports\2008" 2>nul | findstr . >nul &&(
  echo folder and/or subfolders contain files
)||(
  echo folder and/or subfolders are empty
  rd /s /q "c:\reports\2008"
)
pause

Regards
aGerman