How to delete a directory quickly?

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2 total messages Started by A. Grant Fri, 18 Aug 1995 00:00

#598

Author: A. Grant
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 00:00

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I am trying to delete a directory (that's the file type, not the
NDS type!) via the NetWare API.  The 'delete directory' call won't
let me delete a directory that isn't empty.

What am I doing at the moment is scanning for subdirectories, 
deleting those recursively, then deleting the files in the directory,
which I can do in one go using wildcards -- except that it may fail
because some files are flagged non-deletable, then I have to scan
all the files individually and change their flags.

Is there a better way?  How can I get the tree deleted in a minimum
number of NCP interactions that doesn't involve all that network
traffic to scan the tree?  Is there a way to handle the read-only
flags problem?

Re: How to delete a directory quickly?

#597

Author: Terrence Ng
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 00:00

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Try using "Deltree" command found in DOS. I've try it and it works.





In article <ag129.2260.000C33B2@cam.ac.uk>, ag129@cam.ac.uk (A. Grant) says:
>
>I am trying to delete a directory (that's the file type, not the
>NDS type!) via the NetWare API.  The 'delete directory' call won't
>let me delete a directory that isn't empty.
>
>What am I doing at the moment is scanning for subdirectories, 
>deleting those recursively, then deleting the files in the directory,
>which I can do in one go using wildcards -- except that it may fail
>because some files are flagged non-deletable, then I have to scan
>all the files individually and change their flags.
>
>Is there a better way?  How can I get the tree deleted in a minimum
>number of NCP interactions that doesn't involve all that network
>traffic to scan the tree?  Is there a way to handle the read-only
>flags problem?

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