Del/Erase Commands

Question

I'm currently trying to use the del or the erase command in a RSM Telnet to delete Temp files on users computers. But the problem I'm running into with the command is that it is working, but won't delete any of the files located in the temp folder.

Command I'm using : erase c:\users\[username]\appdata\local\temp

I have used the command with the /p to prompt me, but some of these temp folders have thousands of files in them and sitting there and pressing Y and then enter endlessly is not going to work, because I have around 90 computers to clean temp files on. Is there something wrong with the command or is there a simpler command to use to delete the temp files on the computer?

Thanks

Answer 1

This is what I have in a batch file I wrote called cleantemp.bat. It uses the current value of the TEMP environment variable to get the path to the temp folder, but you could use another one (like TMP) or hardcode one into it if you wished.

:: Quietly (with no prompts) remove all files in temp folder (to remove files
:: in subfolders add /S option)
del /Q "%TEMP%\*.*"

:: Remove any TEMP folder subdirectories
for /D %%a in ("%TEMP%\*.*") do rd /Q /S "%%~fa"

Answer 2

Try using the following:

del /Q /F "c:\users\[username]\appdata\local\temp"

From del /?

/F            Force deleting of read-only files.
/Q            Quiet mode, do not ask if ok to delete on global wildcard

Answer 3

Use rd/s/q Temp to remove the directory with contents.