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Old 11-23-2005, 05:13 AM   #1
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Question Remove ALL files from specific Directory


How can I Remove ALL files in a specific Directory ?

grazie,
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Old 11-23-2005, 05:39 AM   #2
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Code:
rm /path/to/directory/*.*
will remove all files, whilst leaving any sub-directories alone. If you wanted to remove the whole directory + sub directories, "rm -rf /path/to/directory/" would do it.
 
Old 11-23-2005, 05:40 AM   #3
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Do you mean other than by doing :
$ rm -rf <dir-path>/*
 
Old 11-23-2005, 05:40 AM   #4
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I mean in 'c' + wxwidgets
 
Old 11-23-2005, 07:16 AM   #5
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Found myself :
wxString f = wxFindFirstFile("/home/project/*.*");
while ( !f.empty() )
{
wxRemoveFile ( f );
f = wxFindNextFile();
}
 
Old 11-23-2005, 08:30 AM   #6
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rm *.* will not work.
that's DOS speak. It will only remove files with a dot in them.
 
Old 11-23-2005, 08:47 AM   #7
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Thats ok with me , the files have suffix
 
Old 11-23-2005, 02:07 PM   #8
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that brings up a moral issue.

i consider it good practice to put an extension in all my files. eventhough it isn't a standard (moreover an m$ windoze standard).

also filenames without spaces, punctuation .except for dot., capitals, '_'s... makes my life easier

what is proper file naming convention
 
Old 11-23-2005, 02:27 PM   #9
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rm *.* will not work.
that's DOS speak. It will only remove files with a dot in them.
Struggling from too much beer last night, too little sleep, and too many OS' at work in my defence But, depending on what you were removing, it will still work, obviously providing they had an extension...

Last edited by fouldsy; 11-23-2005 at 02:28 PM.
 
Old 11-23-2005, 11:27 PM   #10
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All of my files which I need to remove are
DOS named , so they contain "." .
so this solution is good for my case ,
if anyone else dont have the same problem , please
change it , so it will suite well.
 
  


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