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Old 03-24-2004, 03:33 PM
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Copy Files (purge)

I have used this action quite a bit and it has worked well but... I would like to retain the directory but delete ALL of the contents. The current purge deletes everything INCLUDING the folder specified.

Example: D:\VBPro\temp. Purge Action deletes not only the contents of temp but temp itself.

What can I do to retain the specified folder?

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Old 03-24-2004, 03:52 PM
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Purging files without deleting folders is not an option in the Copy Files action. You could use a Run Program action with a command of

%DOSCMD% del "D:\VBPro\temp" /s/f/q
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Old 11-29-2006, 10:53 AM
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Sorry to re-open this but I wondered if the status has changed at all? It would be very useful to be able to purge out certain types of files but if that leaves the folder empty, I would still like to retain the structure. The folders won't always be empty as I am only deleting certain types of files and not all.

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Old 11-29-2006, 11:17 AM
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Sure -- use the Delete Files action with 'Delete empty folders' unchecked.
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Old 11-29-2006, 11:19 AM
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Excellent! Can't keep up with the new actions added. Thanks!
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