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it seems u forgot a double quote, you have one before cmd but where's the closing one?
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it seems u forgot a double quote, you have one before cmd but where's the closing one?

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try:<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-39015377-1">forfiles /p &quot;Z:\servername&quot; /d -21 /c &quot;cmd /c echo y&gt; del @path&quot;</code></pre>
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try:


forfiles /p "Z:\servername" /d -21 /c "cmd /c echo y> del @path"

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you may also want /S to go down into subdirectories
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you may also want /S to go down into subdirectories

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Thanks Segwick, i had just copied and pasted from the batch and didnt copy the double quote but i had it in there already
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Thanks Segwick, i had just copied and pasted from the batch and didnt copy the double quote but i had it in there already

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Will try those out and let you know tomorrow. thanks.
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Will try those out and let you know tomorrow. thanks.

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Hi All,<br />
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I have a forfiles batch which i run on a server to delete files older than 21 days in a network folder. The script completes ok but the files dont seem to delete.<br />
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forfiles /p &quot;Z:\servername&quot; /d -21 /c &quot;cmd /c echo y&gt; del @path<br />
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What am i missing?<br />
<br />
Thanks
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Hi All,

I have a forfiles batch which i run on a server to delete files older than 21 days in a network folder. The script completes ok but the files dont seem to delete.

forfiles /p "Z:\servername" /d -21 /c "cmd /c echo y> del @path

What am i missing?

Thanks

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