Deleting files on a remote machine (shared folder) using msbuild

Question

I want to delete files kept in a shared folder on a remote machine using msbuild. I have googled but couldn't get a proper solution. Please help.

Thank you

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 04 '13 at 09:45

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To answer my own question: Following code is working.

<ItemGroup>
        <ServiceLocation Include="\\ServerName\FolderName\*.*"></ServiceLocation>
      </ItemGroup>

    <Target Name="Deploy">
    <Delete Files="@(ServiceLocation)" />
    </Target>

answered Jun 04 '13 at 09:45

SharpCoder

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Please mark as "The Answer" so it doesn't keep coming up in unanswered filters on the stackoverflow pages. – granadaCoder Jun 05 '13 at 21:50

abhi · Answer 2 · 2013-06-04T09:54:54.113

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try with this one,

<Target Name="SomeTarget">

<ItemGroup>
    <FilesToDelete Include="Path\To\Obj\**\*"/>
</ItemGroup>

<Delete Files="@(FilesToDelete)" />

</Target>

edited Jun 04 '13 at 09:54

answered Jun 04 '13 at 09:29

abhi

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I am trying to delete only files and on remote machine. – SharpCoder Jun 04 '13 at 09:32

Deleting files on a remote machine (shared folder) using msbuild

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