How to use a for loop to delete empty directories
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Posted 2008-07-02 15:06 · 中国 台湾 中华电信(HiNet)数据中心
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Posted 2008-07-02 20:58 · 中国 陕西 西安 电信
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for /r /d %%a in (*.*) do rd "%a"
for /r /d %%a in (*.*) do rd "%a"
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Posted 2008-07-07 17:44 · 中国 台湾 中华电信(HiNet)数据中心
No answer, is the question too complicated?
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Posted 2008-07-07 23:06 · 中国 湖北 武汉 联通
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Since this issue has been discussed several times, there's no need to repeat answering your question.
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Posted 2008-07-08 12:05 · 中国 台湾 中华电信(HiNet)数据中心
Thanks a lot.
Searched for "delete empty directory" and didn't find it.
Searched for "delete empty directory" and then found it.
Searched for "delete empty directory" and didn't find it.
Searched for "delete empty directory" and then found it.
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::::NAME RDEmpty.cmd Delete all empty directories under the specified directory.cmd
@echo off
if not == goto _loop
call :_rdit %cd%
goto :eof
:_loop
call :_rdit %1
shift
if not == goto _loop
goto :eof
:_rdit
for /f "usebackq tokens=*" %%i in (`dir /ad/b/s %1 ^| sort/r`) do rd /q "%%i" >nul 2>nul && echo RD "%%i" ... Done!
goto :eof
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Posted 2010-01-06 09:04 · 中国 江苏 南京 电信
What you're deleting a directory that's not empty!
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