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"rm -rf" equivalent for Windows?

Asked 2008-09-18T23:08:29.120
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I need a way to recursively delete a folder and its children.

Is there a prebuilt tool for this, or do I need to write one?

DEL /S doesn't delete directories.

DELTREE was removed from Windows 2000+

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rmdir /s dirname

answered 2008-09-18T23:10:48.303
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You can install GnuWin32 and use *nix commands natively on windows. I install this before I install anything else on a minty fresh copy of windows. :)

answered 2008-09-19T00:03:57.257

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