AT command and bat files

[GregBVH]

I created a *.bat file to perform a delete once a month of tempory directories on the network.

My problem is I cant find a way to delete all the subdirectories of a directory without deleting that directory its self.

What I have is a directory on the server that has each of the users innitals in it that they can use for temp space. That directory on the server is shared and maped to a drive letter for users, so i cant delete that main directory on the server. What I want to do is delete all of the sub directories of it (the users initials) so I can copy in a fresh set of empty folders with the correct permisions.

The copy is not a problem. Doing a del /s /q only gets all files in all the directories but leaves those directories and any sub directories that were made. RD /s would do it if I picked the main directory but that is whats shared so I cant delete that without destroying the share and it needing to be remade.

Please help, any suggestions?

 

[pbxman]

The del command won't do. What you need to use is NT's "RD"...or "Remove Directory".
Depending on your paths, etc..try this to see how it works:
Try this:

Create a new folder called "Deltest" and then create within that folder a subfolder called "Test". Now copy some files in the "Test" subfolder. Now go to the command prompt and type:

RD "c:\Deltest\Test" /s

and press Enter to delete the folders and the files contained within them.

That'll do what you want - Good Luck!

 

[GregBVH]

That would work, but I want to leave the folders where they currently are, which is only one directory deep on the server.

I gues the problem with deleting the folder that everything I want deleted is inside of, is that that folder is shared and if I delete it then I have to remake the share so I can't use an AT command to automate the clean while I am not here.