Automatically delete files

Bigsplash said:

Still can't get it working

Here is the content of my delete.bat

CD \\DISKSTATION\BackupFolder\BeyondTv

C:\Users\Lawrence>

Originally (prior post in this thread) you had this:

CD C:\RecordedTV



In your script shown above, CD \\DISK..... the double-backslash \\ is to denote a NETWORK drive/path. In your test above, you can prove your CD (Change Directory) command did not work because the command prompt shown after each unsuccessful del /q command still has:

C:\Users\Lawrence>



The format for your path should be:

logicaldrive:\directorynode1\directorynode2\..... - see above CD C:\RecordedTV


It sounds like you want:

CD C:\DISKSTATION\BackupFolder\BeyondTv



Let's say you were in DOS and had your current directory pointing your F drive, your command prompt would show this:

F:\>

If you issued the CD C:\DISK..... command above it would not work. You need to add a / switch to the DIR command to tell it that you are not just changing the current working directory PATH, but are also changing the drive.

CD /D C:\DISKSTATION\BackupFolder\BeyondTv



If you only have your C drive/partition, no need to have the /D option in there on the CD command.