Re: How to delete deep directory hierarchy

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03-11-2010

rmdir /S /Q \\.\c:\dir\dir\dir

note the \\.\ prepended to the path

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"Mário" <> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have a deep directory hierarchy (which was created programmatically)
> having a too long path name such that I cannot delete it from explorer
> or via DOS.
> I tried,
>
> rmdir /S /Q dir
>
> but it does not work.
>
> Does someone know how to delete a directory structure with too much
> deep descendent entries?
>
> Best Regards,
> Mario

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