What's the Equivalent to 'Rm -Rf' with Windows Command?
I Need to Delete a Whole Directory (With a Lot of Sub Directories and Files) by Running a Command in a Batch File. I Tried Delete and Erase, but Both of Them...
I need to delete a whole directory (with a lot of sub directories and files) by running a command in a batch file.
I tried delete and erase, but both of them requires me to answer 'Y/N', and it doesn't seem to delete the directories if one has subdirectories or files.
What command can I use to delete a directory with subdirectories/files without whatever prompt?
3 Answers
rmdir /s /q [directory]
Try:
DEL /Q /S /F <FILE/DIR>
or
DELETE /Q /S /F <FILE/DIR>
I'm not sure if it's a valid command in the W7 CLI, but back when DOS was still DOS, it was as simple as:
deltree /y <dirname or path>
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