[SOLVED] Delete files and folders under given directory
I have a requirement to delete the files and folders under a given directory.
my directory structure is like this..
HTML Code:
Data
|
A(Directory)
|_PDF(Directory)----pdf files
|_XML()Directory --xml files
|--files
|
B(Directory)
|_PDF(Directory)----pdf files
|_XML()Directory --xml files
|--files
|
C(Directory)
|_PDF(Directory)----pdf files
|_XML()Directory --xml files
|--files
|
n directories and sub directories
I need to delete the files and folders underneath A(Directory),B(Directory),C(Directory) ... N(Directory) and not the directories it self.
Directory should be there.Basically Data and underneath directories should remain. But all sub-directories should be empty.
i tried like this but it deletes all the directories and folders under given
directory
HTML Code:
find $folderPathTodelete -mindepth 1 -delete
Appreciate if anybody can help me with this.
Thanks
-Ramse
---------- Post updated at 04:50 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:29 PM ----------
It's working when i changed mindepth to 2. :-)
Code:
find $folderPathTodelete -mindepth 2 -delete
Last edited by radoulov; 09-04-2011 at 11:03 AM..
Reason: Marked as solved.
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