Find specific folder on all local disks and delete them

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#1

I’m trying to make a script that will search for a folder named “deleteme” on all local disks (and it will likely exist on all local disks) and delete any folders it finds (as well as the contents). I can’t figure out how to get the paths for deleting them though. As always, help is SO MUCH appreciated. Thanks. :slight_smile:

-Evan

#2

Hi Evan,

scanning the entire contents of every disk takes a real real real long time.
Can you specify the paths a bit more?

#3

Actually yes, it would be a folder of name “deleteme” at the root level of each local drive that I want to delete. Thanks for any advice. :slight_smile:

#4

this will be much faster :wink:

You can do it with this code:

tell application "Finder"
	set allDisks to disks whose name is not "Network"
	repeat with theDisk in allDisks
		delete (every folder of theDisk whose name is "deleteme")
	end repeat
end tell
#5

hi All,

I am trying to do a similar thing to this

There is a folder on my desktop called “Main folder” within this folder will be hundreds of job folders and within those folders are folders with different names like “artwork” “PDF” “PrintFiles” etc.

I am trying to delete the folder named “Printfiles” out of each of those folders everytime I run a script but I cant work out why it isnt working. Any help would really be appreciated.

Here is the script:


tell application "Finder"
	set Source_folder to "MacintoshHD:Users:Me:Desktop:Main folder:"
	
	repeat with delete_Me in Source_folder
	
	try
		move (every folder of delete_Me whose name is "PrintFiles") to trash
	end try
end repeat
end tell
#6

Hi,

you forgot to retrieve the folders in Source_folder


tell application "Finder"
	set Source_folder to folder "Main folder:" -- the desktop folder is the "root" folder of the Finder
	
	repeat with delete_Me in (get every folder of Source_folder)
		try
			move (every folder of delete_Me whose name is "PrintFiles") to trash
		end try
	end repeat
end tell
#7

Hi StefanK,

Thanks is much for your help, and the quick reply!

I am still new to scripting but am trying to learn, I can see where I went wrong now, I also worked out I could have defined the folders in a previous line like this:



tell application "Finder"
	set Source_folder to folder "Main folder:" -- the desktop folder is the "root" folder of the Finder
	set next_folder_Level to every folder of Source_folder
	repeat with delete_Me in next_folder_Level
		try
			move (every folder of delete_Me whose name is "PrintFiles") to trash
		end try
	end repeat
end tell

But your method is tidier than mine, so thanks I will use it.