Andrew Kreps wrote:
[forwarding my response to the list, as the reply function didn't quite
work]
Actually, that's not true. 'rm -rf' removes all files, directories
and subdirectories. Microsoft's del has no analogy to that (although
there was a deltree command in older versions of DOS). You still have
to manually (or programmatically) iterate through the directory
structure and run 'del *.*' and then 'rd directory' in every single
subdirectory to achieve the same result that the single command 'rm
-rf' gives you on UNIX-like systems.
On 7/14/06, Adam Zey <azey@xxxxxx> wrote:
So? Windows has this thing called the "del" command that does the same
thing as "rm".
Regards, Adam.
Sure it does. I logged into a Win2K box and got help for rmdir/rd:
C:\>rmdir /?
Removes (deletes) a directory.
RMDIR [/S] [/Q] [drive:]path
RD [/S] [/Q] [drive:]path
/S Removes all directories and files in the specified directory
in addition to the directory itself. Used to remove a
directory
tree.
/Q Quiet mode, do not ask if ok to remove a directory tree with /S
It seems like "rmdir /S /Q <directory>" is exactly identical to "rm -rf
<directory>". It deletes a directory tree (the -r), and doesn't prompt
or display anything (the -f).
So, yes, this *CAN* be done on Windows. Sorry if I was wrong about del
originally, but my point stands, Windows is not entirely crippled when
it comes to the shell :)
Regards, Adam.
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