Cannot execute (error 2) when using forfiles

Question

I wanted one liner to delete all files older than 14 days in a specific folder.

This is my team

forfiles -px: \ logs -s -m * .log -d-14 -c "CMD / C del @file"

but when executed, its outputs “cannot execute (error 2)” for each file found. If -c "CMD / c del @file" is omitted, it works fine by creating a list of files older than 14 days. At first, I thought it might be a resolution problem; but any action in the file gives the same result, and I am the admin on comptuer.

However, this is a network resource if it makes a difference.

thank

Answer 1

What is the value of @file, and what is the current directory when running the code?

winerror.h , 2

#define ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND             2L

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forfiles -px:\logs -s -m*.log -d-14 -c"CMD /C del @path"

forfiles -px:\logs -s -m*.log -d-14 -c"CMD /C del @file"

Answer 2

:

set DP_DIR=C:\Scripts

forfiles -p%DP_DIR% -s -m*.exe -d-3 -c"cmd /c del \"@FILE""

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Answer 3

I have been using FORFILES v 1.1 since April 1998.

In my situation, if @PATH or @FILE contains a path with a space in it, this will not be handled correctly. Paths with spaces require double quotes around it. Since the executing command in forfiles requires double quotes, this is what I use in my batch files. 0x22 is saved in the batch file as double quotes. I found that explicit path and file environment with double quotes make for reliable file handling.

forfiles -pC:\pictures\ -m*.jpg -d-30 -c"cmd /c echo del 0x22@PATH\@FILE0x22" > c:\temp\delold_pics.bat

call c:\temp\delold_pics.bat