Delete folders with wildcards

4 posts

LengeFebruary 20, 2008 at 12:14 PM#

Delete folders with wildcards

Hallo world,

the manual says that "RmDir" cannot be used with wildcards. So how can I make NSIS delete all folders that follow a given wildcard pattern (such as "MyFolder*")?

Jens

AndersFebruary 20, 2008 at 12:26 PM#

FindFirst/FindNext/FindClose

fluidz91February 20, 2008 at 1:28 PM#

Maybe u can use /r to tell RMDIR to go recursivly.



RmDir /r "$INSTDIR/MyFolder"

LengeFebruary 20, 2008 at 1:43 PM#

Works great - thanks for the hint!