I have a Batch file that looks for old versions of duplicated Access DB files on a shared account. I can get it to find and delete files on the c:, and network drives, and in my downloads folder, but not on my Documents folder. I want to backup and clean up files in my One Drive so users can access them remotely if needed.
The C: drive version works great. But is on the local machine.
ForFiles /P C:\COOP\ContactsDb_Backup\Daily\ /S /M *.mdb /D -5 /C "cmd /c del @file /q"
I can get a version matching files in my downloads folder.
ForFiles /P "%userprofile%\Downloads" /M *.mdb /C "cmd /c echo @path /q"
But I can't get even a file match in my
ForFiles /P "%userprofile%\Documents" /M *.mdb /C "cmd /c echo @path /q"
I am constantly getting
"ERROR: Invlaid argument/option - '@path'.
I tried using the %username% in the path C:\Users\%username%\Documents\ as well but I think I don't really understand.
I can get it to work on the C: drive:
(ForFiles /P C:\COOP\ContactsDb_Backup\Daily\ /S /M *.png /D -5 /C "cmd /c @file")
But not on files in \Documents for One Drive:
I have tried wrtiting the path to the One Drive files using:
%userprofile% (ForFiles /P "%userprofile%\Documents\" /M *.png /C "cmd /c echo @path")
%username% (ForFiles /P "C:\Users\%username%\Documents\" /M *.png /C "cmd /c echo @path")
I have tried with and without double quotes.
All the examples I can find are using \Downloads and that works fine for me as well.