Deleting 0 size files

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Arnold - 20 Aug 2004 18:46 GMT

How can I delete a 0 size file from the command prompt?
(The name can is different every day and I want to run a
script to clean it up)

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Jerold Schulman - 21 Aug 2004 10:02 GMT

>How can I delete a 0 size file from the command prompt?
>(The name can is different every day and I want to run a
>script to clean it up)

Assuming the folder is called C:\Folder

Using FileSize from tip 5725 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com

@echo off
setlocal
pushd C:\folder
for /f "Tokens=*" %%f in ('dir /a /a-d /b') do (
call :test "%%f"
)
popd
endlocal
goto :EOF

:test

set file=%1
call FileSize %file% size
if %size% NEQ 0 goto :EOF
del /q /f %file%

Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

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John Doue - 21 Aug 2004 16:01 GMT

>>How can I delete a 0 size file from the command prompt?
>>(The name can is different every day and I want to run a
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> JSI, Inc.
> http://www.jsiinc.com

Very interesting tip. But,what about the wisdom of deleting zero length
files? I seem to remember - back in Dos and Win 3.1 times - that some
programs relied on zero length files for a variety of purposes. Is it
safe now to assume that such files are just space wasters?

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