Test failure of DOS del D:\folder\*.ext

Question

Is there something that can go instead of ??? here to make this work?

del D:\folder*.ext if ??? goto fail

Else what's the better way to branch in fail? I'm hoping there's better than using a FOR loop.

Two questions: (1) what are you trying to do? (2) Really MS-DOS? — Roger Lipscombe, Jun 06 '13 at 13:58
This question seems to be relevant: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1164049/batch-files-error-handling — MatthewMartin, Jun 06 '13 at 14:00

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 06 '13 at 14:55

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@echo off
del "D:\folder\*.ext" 
if exist "D:\folder\*.ext" goto :fail
goto :EOF

:fail
echo "D:\folder\*.ext" wasn't deleted
pause

answered Jun 06 '13 at 14:55

foxidrive

Thanks. I can't find any documentation to say that wildcards are allowed in the FilenName parameter, but it works, so I'll got with it! – ChrisJJ Jun 08 '13 at 13:11

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