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Delete Utility
user name
 2006-11-09 11:36:59 

  


  

    





Hi Guys,



 



Anyone know of a freeware utility that allows mass deletion of
files based on a criteria that will include exclusions of directories?



 



Basically, I need to delete over 50Gb of Zip files on one of
our file servers with hundreds of deep directories, but exclude zip files
within directories with a particular name (or which there will be hundreds).



 



I have just spent over an hour on google but didn’;t
find anything that even came close to providing this functionality.



 



Thanks for any help.



 






  

  
  
   
     
    

  

    Delete Utility
  


  

     user name

     2006-11-09 12:02:23
  


  

    

  


  

    

Can't robocopy do this? I recall some 
way to do this by moving the deleted files to a temp-directory to review before 
deleting everything in that temp-dir.


 


HTH.






From: windows2000-bouncefreelists.org 
[mailto:windows2000-bouncefreelists.org] On Behalf Of Steve 
Rance
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 12:37 PM
To: 
Windows2000freelists.org
Subject: [windows2000] Delete 
Utility







Hi 
Guys,


 


Anyone know of a freeware utility 
that allows mass deletion of files based on a criteria that will include 
exclusions of directories?


 


Basically, I need to delete over 
50Gb of Zip files on one of our file servers with hundreds of deep directories, 
but exclude zip files within directories with a particular name (or which there 
will be hundreds).


 


I have just spent over an hour on 
google but didn’;t find anything that even came close to providing this 
functionality.


 


Thanks for any 
help.


 

  

  
  
   
     
    

  

    Delete Utility
  


  

     user name

     2006-11-09 12:11:39
  


  

    

  


  

    

Hi Steve,


 


If this is just a one time thing, what you could do is just 
do a search in Windows Explorer for the directory name that contains files you 
want to keep. ; After they're all displayed, cut and paste them above the 
root of the directory from which you want to start traversing and 
deleting.  After they're safely moved, do a search for *.zip and delete all 
the results.  Then move the directories back.


 


Ray 
at home








From: windows2000-bouncefreelists.org 
[mailto:windows2000-bouncefreelists.org] On Behalf Of Steve 
Rance
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 6:37 AM
To: 
Windows2000freelists.org
Subject: [windows2000] Delete 
Utility







Hi 
Guys,


 


Anyone know of a freeware utility 
that allows mass deletion of files based on a criteria that will include 
exclusions of directories?


 


Basically, I need to delete over 
50Gb of Zip files on one of our file servers with hundreds of deep directories, 
but exclude zip files within directories with a particular name (or which there 
will be hundreds).


 


I have just spent over an hour on 
google but didn’;t find anything that even came close to providing this 
functionality.


 


Thanks for any 
help.


 

  

  
  
   
     
    






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