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ravi
ravi

Reputation: 6328

Windows equivalent of rm -rf [Don't want to delete parent directory]

I am doing the same as described here i.e. In my batch file, I am using rmdir E:\docs\music /S /Q to delete all the content including sub directories too but it is removing parent directory music also which I don't want.
Do I need to run mkdir everytime?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1929

Answers (2)

Chimera
Chimera

Reputation: 6018

If you cd into E:\docs\music then execute rmdir E:\docs\music /S /Q everything will be deleted under music but not the music directory itself.

Upvotes: 3

ixe013
ixe013

Reputation: 10171

Single line solution uses for to produce a list of the inner directories :

for /f %i in ('dir /ad /b music') do @rmdir /s /q music\%i

You must escape the % if you put that line in a batch file, like this :

for /f %%i in ('dir /ad /b music') do @rmdir /s /q music\%%i

Upvotes: 2

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