recursive delete using a batch file on windows-XP

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Re: recursive delete using a batch file on windows-XP

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May 5th, 2007

Doggfather - Im getting the same error - when applying single quotes from command line. Does anyone know what Im doing wrong...Ive tried:

1. FOR /F "tokens=*" %%G IN ('DIR /B /AD /S *.svn*') DO RMDIR /S /Q %%G

2. FOR /F "tokens=*" %%G IN ('DIR /B /AD /S *.svn*') DO RMDIR /S /Q '%%G'

3. FOR /F "tokens=*" %%G IN ('DIR /B /AD /S *.svn*') DO RMDIR /S /Q "%%G"

4. FOR /F "tokens=*" '%%G' IN ('DIR /B /AD /S *.svn*') DO RMDIR /S /Q "%%G"

5. FOR /F "tokens=*" "%%G" IN ('DIR /B /AD /S *.svn*') DO RMDIR /S /Q "%%G"

6. FOR /F "tokens=*" '%%G' IN ('DIR /B /AD /S *.svn*') DO RMDIR /S /Q %%G

7. FOR /F "tokens=*" "%%G" IN ('DIR /B /AD /S *.svn*') DO RMDIR /S /Q %%G

No matter what I do i get:
%%G was unexpected at this time.

Last edited by jdcravens : May 5th, 2007 at 5:23 pm.