Unable to delete file due to long filename

source:https://superuser.com/questions/45697/how-to-delete-a-file-in-windows-with-a-too-long-filename

When you want to completely delete a directory and it contains long paths, robocopy does a VERY good job:

mkdir empty_dir
robocopy empty_dir the_dir_to_delete /mir
rmdir empty_dir
rmdir the_dir_to_delete

edited Apr 2 at 19:55





Ohad Schneider

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