program question

vizo · 13th January 2003, 18:00

is there a program to goes through selected dirs and finds empty dirs or files and deletes them? the reason im asking is because i run an ftp and i found that a few dirs were completely empty and needed to be deleted, and im sure there are plenty more. thanks in advance.

psychoticguyver · 13th January 2003, 18:20

uhhhhhhhhhhhhh why not do it manualy if you feel the need to delete innocent empty folders.

vizo · 13th January 2003, 18:43

"uhhhhhhhhh" because ive got 950 or so folders, im not going through all of those to delete the "innocent empty folders." anyone else?

thanks in advance.

james · 13th January 2003, 18:59

I've never heard of anything, though this would probably be very easy to implement in C++ or VB... though I can't be arsed

Gonzotek · 13th January 2003, 19:13

FileJam - Shareware, 20 day trial. Does other batch-like functions to files (such as attribute changing)

That's the only thing that caught my eye in Google, I'm sure there are a few more filemanagement utils that could do it, though.

-=Gonzotek=-

vizo · 13th January 2003, 19:29

ok thanks people. ill check em out. anything else?

edit: i cant find a delete option on filejam. hmm

psychoticguyver · 13th January 2003, 20:34

i ment manualy like w/ a hammer

(how about using a macro to do it?

eleet-2k2 · 13th January 2003, 21:23

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Originally posted by Herbster
I've never heard of anything, though this would probably be very easy to implement in C++ or VB... though I can't be arsed

Here here!

Sorry. Try download.com for folder cleaners of sorts maybe?

s0be · 13th January 2003, 22:20

you could write a batch/mawk script that would do it pretty easily... look up batch programming under google and you should have no troubles finding it

s0be

FesterHead · 13th January 2003, 23:23

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Check this VB code out.

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Version Compatibility: Visual Basic 5 Visual Basic 6 Visual Basic.NET

More information: This application allows you to scan theselected drive for empty folder (including recursive empty folders), as well as for folders with zero-length files and delete them.

vizo · 14th January 2003, 01:01

thanks for the replies, ill check em out.

13th January 2003, 18:00	#1
vizo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 167	program question is there a program to goes through selected dirs and finds empty dirs or files and deletes them? the reason im asking is because i run an ftp and i found that a few dirs were completely empty and needed to be deleted, and im sure there are plenty more. thanks in advance.

13th January 2003, 18:20	#2
psychoticguyver Major Dude Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: loonieland posts: 666 Posts: 750	uhhhhhhhhhhhhh why not do it manualy if you feel the need to delete innocent empty folders. Now accepting refugee's

13th January 2003, 18:59	#4
james Forum PFY (Major Dude) Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: WR3 or NG7 Posts: 6.2+3i Posts: 1,700	I've never heard of anything, though this would probably be very easy to implement in C++ or VB... though I can't be arsed He uses statistics like a drunk uses lamp-posts: for support, not illumination.

13th January 2003, 19:13	#5
Gonzotek Gunslinger Join Date: May 2000 Location: Terminus Posts: 4,693	FileJam - Shareware, 20 day trial. Does other batch-like functions to files (such as attribute changing) That's the only thing that caught my eye in Google, I'm sure there are a few more filemanagement utils that could do it, though. -=Gonzotek=- I was away for a while. But I'm feeling much better now.

13th January 2003, 20:34	#7
psychoticguyver Major Dude Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: loonieland posts: 666 Posts: 750	i ment manualy like w/ a hammer (how about using a macro to do it? Now accepting refugee's

13th January 2003, 18:43	#3
vizo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 167	"uhhhhhhhhh" because ive got 950 or so folders, im not going through all of those to delete the "innocent empty folders." anyone else? thanks in advance.

13th January 2003, 19:29	#6
vizo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 167	ok thanks people. ill check em out. anything else? edit: i cant find a delete option on filejam. hmm

13th January 2003, 22:20	#9
s0be Major Dude Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: melbourne Posts: First Posts: 1,313	you could write a batch/mawk script that would do it pretty easily... look up batch programming under google and you should have no troubles finding it s0be And On that day, the Lords of the land said unto their Master Architect, "The temple you have made to the gods of Wasabi and Maki has brought us no great prosperity" and they sent out him into the lands. As he traveled to a far off land, he found he wasn't traveling alone, but that he had gained companions, and when they found their new land, they started work on a new temple, one that would be OPEN to all who wanted to worship. from The Book of Wasabi C 12 Vs 09 (pg 2003)

14th January 2003, 01:01	#11
vizo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 167	thanks for the replies, ill check em out.

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