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CScript: List Empty Folders recursivelly
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Option Explicit | |
Dim objFSO | |
Set objFSO=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") | |
If (WScript.Arguments.Count <> 2) Then | |
WScript.Echo("Usage: cscript ListEmptyFolders.vbs {path} {list file}") | |
' If at least 1 argument is passed, list them | |
If (WScript.Arguments.Count > 0) Then | |
Dim strArg | |
Dim i | |
i = 0 | |
For Each strArg in WScript.Arguments | |
WScript.Echo("Argument(" & i & ") = " & strArg) | |
i = i + 1 | |
Next | |
End If | |
WScript.Quit(1) | |
End If | |
' Set Report File | |
Dim outFile | |
Dim objFile | |
outFile = WScript.Arguments(1) | |
Set objFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(outFile,True) | |
Dim strPath | |
strPath = WScript.Arguments(0) | |
Dim fso | |
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") | |
Dim objFolder | |
Set objFolder = fso.GetFolder(strPath) | |
DeleteEmptyFolders objFolder | |
' Close Report File | |
objFile.Close | |
Sub DeleteEmptyFolders(folder) | |
Dim subfolder | |
On Error Resume Next | |
' First check for empty subfolders | |
For Each subfolder in folder.SubFolders | |
DeleteEmptyFolders subfolder | |
Next | |
If Err.Number > 0 Then | |
WScript.Echo "I dont have permission on " & folder.Name | |
Err.Clear | |
End If | |
' Check if folder is empty | |
If folder.SubFolders.Count = 0 And folder.Files.Count = 0 Then | |
' WScript.Echo folder.Path & " is empty" | |
objFile.Write folder.Path & vbCrLf | |
' fso.DeleteFolder folder.Path | |
End If | |
End Sub |
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