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yeah its part of my class at school to write scripts, I thought this would be a rather easy one but info like that Demonbane such as where cyg mounts the C drive is new to me. Plus I,m a complete Newb just started learning linux
Make sure you create a /cygdrive directory, its isnt created by default for some reason, though the mount points are.
and its not suppose to give any output unless you add a "-v" switch.
If you want to use a for loop you need a wildcard
Code:
for files in /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/zechs/Local\ Settings/Temporary\ Internet\ Files/*; do rm $file; done
yes you need the backspace, if you're doing it inside Cygwin bash
cd into
/cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/Owner/Local\ Settings/Temporary\ Internet\ Files/
do "rm -rvi *'
Nevermind, disregard that owner comment, what do you mean windows box, windows is just a bunch of damn boxes, where can I find my name, such as you described.
I truly appreciate the patientence and help.
OK I see what that did duh, it then prompts me to delete the file and there is a ton!!!
Is there a way I can make it auto delete all of these, and yes it was Owner (hits himself cause its 5 in the morning)
would this script work
Code:
echo "would you like to delelte your temp internet files"
read yes
if [ $1 = yes ]
then
cd /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/Owner/Local\ Settings/Temporary\ Internet\ Files/
rm -rvi *
else
echo "fine let them sit thier"
exit 1
fi
Insted of prompting me how can i just make it delete all the files automatically?
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