Deleting backup files

[Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain@aeris.net)]

1. Open a DOS command prompt window.

2. Navigate to the directory of choice. If the directory name is long, or has spaces in it, enclose it in double quotes (like this "cd  \tree  name\folder  name\"  for example).

4. Make a copy of everything before deleting the backups (in case something goes wrong!). I do it like this in the directory where I am:

		mkdir  BACKFILES
		copy  *.*  BACKFILES\*.*  /v

5. Then delete the FrameMaker backup and log files you want to (this is what I use for example):

		del   *backup*  *.log  *.tps  *.tpdf

	 Be careful above! Do NOT have any spaces beween the '*' characters and the other characters.

	By the way, I keep the above del line in a text file called "cleanframe.bat" (in my DOS command path somewhere) so that I just type "cleanframe" rather than take a risk of accidentally putting in spaces in the wrong place and deleting the wrong files!

6. After you are comfortable that you still have what you need, you remove the other files *if you want*:

		rmdir  /s  /q  BACKFILES

	Again, be careful of what you are removing!

Ultimately, having a complete backup (in case of recovery needs) is a good a idea before you start any of this - just to be safe.

Good luck,

Z

-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Theresa de Valence
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 3:11 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Deleting backup files

Could someone please give me a command for deleting backup files in Windows (Windows 7)?

This is for the end of the project when I am no longer opening all the working files.

I'd like the command to work in the current directory and all subdirectories.

I vaguely remember how to do this in DOS, but I don't know how to navigate directories which are longer than 8 chars!

Many thanks,
Theresa
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