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I use Windows.
I want to delete all files and folders in a folder by system call.
I may call like that:
>rd /s /q c:\destination >md c:\destination Do you know an easier way?
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To delete all of the files in the current directory, press Y and then press ENTER. To cancel the deletion, press N and then press ENTER. Before you use wildcard characters with the del command, use the same wildcard characters with the dir command to list all the files that will be deleted.
Run the command RMDIR /Q/S foldername to delete the folder and all of its subfolders.
To remove a directory and all its contents, including any subdirectories and files, use the rm command with the recursive option, -r . Directories that are removed with the rmdir command cannot be recovered, nor can directories and their contents removed with the rm -r command.
No, I don't know one.
If you want to retain the original directory for some reason (ACLs, &c.), and instead really want to empty it, then you can do the following:
del /q destination\* for /d %x in (destination\*) do @rd /s /q "%x" This first removes all files from the directory, and then recursively removes all nested directories, but overall keeping the top-level directory as it is (except for its contents).
Note that within a batch file you need to double the % within the for loop:
del /q destination\* for /d %%x in (destination\*) do @rd /s /q "%%x" del c:\destination\*.* /s /q worked for me. I hope that works for you as well.
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