To clarify: Should I then use the env variable, %comspec% /c, instead of explicitly calling cmd.com?

NTDOC, It appears that I can't delete subdirectories with your CD suggestion due to a share violation.

Code:
 debug on
IF @UserID = Techwall OR Wordp OR Homework
  DEL 'c:\tempdrive\*' /h /s
  CD c:\tempdrive\
  SHELL "%comspec% /C RD c:\tempdrive\" 
ENDIF
EXIT

Quote:

The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.




SeaLeopard: I just implemented your CleanDirectory.UDF and it works great. Thanks for the lead.

FINAL CODE: Code:
 
call "@ScriptDir\UDF\cleandirectory.udf"
call "@ScriptDir\UDF\DateMath.udf"
call "@ScriptDir\UDF\FULLFILE.udf"
IF @UserID = "Techwall" OR @UserID = "Wordp" OR @UserID = "Homework"
  DEL 'c:\tempdrive\*' /h /s
  $rc=cleandirectory('c:\tempdrive','*')
ENDIF
EXIT


Edited by StarwarsKid (2005-10-04 07:12 PM)