Recursive File Delete

I need to delete files from a subdirectory under a bunch of profiles. In
other words, I have users john, jim, and jill as

c:\documents and settings\john
c:\documents and settings\jim
c:\documents and settings\jill

And each of their profiles has a subdirectory called apps. In each apps
file for them, I need to delete all .txt files, but only from the apps
subdirectory of their profile.

c:\documents and settings\john\apps
c:\documents and settings\jim\apps
c:\documents and settings\jill\apps

Can anyone help me?

"Buck Turgidson" <> wrote in message
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>I need to delete files from a subdirectory under a bunch of profiles. In
>other words, I have users john, jim, and jill as
>
> c:\documents and settings\john
> c:\documents and settings\jim
> c:\documents and settings\jill
>
> And each of their profiles has a subdirectory called apps. In each apps
> file for them, I need to delete all .txt files, but only from the apps
> subdirectory of their profile.
>
> c:\documents and settings\john\apps
> c:\documents and settings\jim\apps
> c:\documents and settings\jill\apps
>
> Can anyone help me?

By far the simplest method is based on a batch file like so:
@echo off
for %%a in (John Jim Jill) do del /s "c:\Documents and
Settings\%%a\apps\*.txt"

Since the command consists of a single line, you could even type it at the
Command Prompt like so:
for %a in (John Jim Jill) do del /s "c:\Documents and
Settings\%a\apps\*.txt"
Note the double versus single % characters.

Or maybe this:
del /s "c:\Documents and Settings\John\apps\*.txt"
del /s "c:\Documents and Settings\Jill\apps\*.txt"
del /s "c:\Documents and Settings\Jim\apps\*.txt"

Thanks for the help. The problem is that the actual number of profiles is
both variable and quite large. I guess that is the toughest nut to crack.




"Pegasus [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "Buck Turgidson" <> wrote in message
> news:hd1ua1$eeb$...
>>I need to delete files from a subdirectory under a bunch of profiles. In
>>other words, I have users john, jim, and jill as
>>
>> c:\documents and settings\john
>> c:\documents and settings\jim
>> c:\documents and settings\jill
>>
>> And each of their profiles has a subdirectory called apps. In each apps
>> file for them, I need to delete all .txt files, but only from the apps
>> subdirectory of their profile.
>>
>> c:\documents and settings\john\apps
>> c:\documents and settings\jim\apps
>> c:\documents and settings\jill\apps
>>
>> Can anyone help me?
>
> By far the simplest method is based on a batch file like so:
> @echo off
> for %%a in (John Jim Jill) do del /s "c:\Documents and
> Settings\%%a\apps\*.txt"
>
> Since the command consists of a single line, you could even type it at the
> Command Prompt like so:
> for %a in (John Jim Jill) do del /s "c:\Documents and
> Settings\%a\apps\*.txt"
> Note the double versus single % characters.
>
> Or maybe this:
> del /s "c:\Documents and Settings\John\apps\*.txt"
> del /s "c:\Documents and Settings\Jill\apps\*.txt"
> del /s "c:\Documents and Settings\Jim\apps\*.txt"
>

Thanks.

for /d %a in (*)

seems to do it, if not a bit crudely.





"Pegasus [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "Buck Turgidson" <> wrote in message
> news:hd1ua1$eeb$...
>>I need to delete files from a subdirectory under a bunch of profiles. In
>>other words, I have users john, jim, and jill as
>>
>> c:\documents and settings\john
>> c:\documents and settings\jim
>> c:\documents and settings\jill
>>
>> And each of their profiles has a subdirectory called apps. In each apps
>> file for them, I need to delete all .txt files, but only from the apps
>> subdirectory of their profile.
>>
>> c:\documents and settings\john\apps
>> c:\documents and settings\jim\apps
>> c:\documents and settings\jill\apps
>>
>> Can anyone help me?
>
> By far the simplest method is based on a batch file like so:
> @echo off
> for %%a in (John Jim Jill) do del /s "c:\Documents and
> Settings\%%a\apps\*.txt"
>
> Since the command consists of a single line, you could even type it at the
> Command Prompt like so:
> for %a in (John Jim Jill) do del /s "c:\Documents and
> Settings\%a\apps\*.txt"
> Note the double versus single % characters.
>
> Or maybe this:
> del /s "c:\Documents and Settings\John\apps\*.txt"
> del /s "c:\Documents and Settings\Jill\apps\*.txt"
> del /s "c:\Documents and Settings\Jim\apps\*.txt"
>

"Buck Turgidson" <> wrote in message
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> Thanks.
>
> for /d %a in (*)
>
> seems to do it, if not a bit crudely.

Indeed it does - congratulations for working it out for yourself! For your
next post I recommend that you state *all* requirements right in the
beginning.