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deleting duplicat files in a directory - 11/15/2008 11:38:18 PM   
  magmanrule

 

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Status: offline 		This is my first post, I have been trying to figure this out for a bit with no success. Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks
I have a directory, C:/U2 that contains files with the extensions ".txt" and ".parse".
The files in this directory can have duplicate names except for the extension.
example:
"primary 58787.txt"
"primary 58787.txt.parse"
I need to loop through the list of files to find duplicates and delete the ones with the .txt only.
( "primary 58787.txt" in this example)
 
 
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RE: deleting duplicat files in a directory - 11/16/2008 4:31:07 AM   
  ebgreen


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Status: offline 		What have you tried so far?

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RE: deleting duplicat files in a directory - 11/16/2008 9:44:28 AM   
  ehvbs

 

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Status: offline 		Hi magmanrule,

start with one sentence to describe your task to a willing but not very bright person:

Please delete each file "<name>.txt" from the directory "c:\u2" for which there is
a file "<name>.txt.parse" in that folder.

Then you can plan a loop over all files in that directory

  For Each oFile In <TheFolder>.Files
  Next

you need an IF to concentrate on the .txt.parse files:

If ".txt.parse" =  ?How to get the tail of oFile's Name? Then
     delete file HeadOfName + ".txt"
End If

Check if deleting the files in the loop works - if not, consider collecting
the files to delete in an array or dictionary.

Use the VBScript Docs; start with FileSystemobject.

Good luck!

ehvbs

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