> c:\documents and settings\john
> c:\documents and settings\jim
> c:\documents and settings\jill

> And each of their profiles has a subdirectory called apps.  In each apps
> file for them, I need to delete all .txt files, but only from the apps
> subdirectory of their profile.

> c:\documents and settings\john\apps
> c:\documents and settings\jim\apps
> c:\documents and settings\jill\apps

> Can anyone help me?

> "Buck Turgidson" <jc...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:hd1ua1$eeb$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>I need to delete files from a subdirectory under a bunch of profiles.  In
>>other words, I have users john, jim, and jill as

>> c:\documents and settings\john
>> c:\documents and settings\jim
>> c:\documents and settings\jill

>> And each of their profiles has a subdirectory called apps.  In each apps
>> file for them, I need to delete all .txt files, but only from the apps
>> subdirectory of their profile.

>> c:\documents and settings\john\apps
>> c:\documents and settings\jim\apps
>> c:\documents and settings\jill\apps

>> Can anyone help me?

> By far the simplest method is based on a batch file like so:
> @echo off
> for %%a in (John Jim Jill) do del /s "c:\Documents and
> Settings\%%a\apps\*.txt"

> Since the command consists of a single line, you could even type it at the
> Command Prompt like so:
> for %a in (John Jim Jill) do del /s "c:\Documents and
> Settings\%a\apps\*.txt"
> Note the double versus single % characters.

> Or maybe this:
> del /s "c:\Documents and Settings\John\apps\*.txt"
> del /s "c:\Documents and Settings\Jill\apps\*.txt"
> del /s "c:\Documents and Settings\Jim\apps\*.txt"

> "Buck Turgidson" <jc...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:hd1ua1$eeb$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>I need to delete files from a subdirectory under a bunch of profiles.  In
>>other words, I have users john, jim, and jill as

>> c:\documents and settings\john
>> c:\documents and settings\jim
>> c:\documents and settings\jill

>> And each of their profiles has a subdirectory called apps.  In each apps
>> file for them, I need to delete all .txt files, but only from the apps
>> subdirectory of their profile.

>> c:\documents and settings\john\apps
>> c:\documents and settings\jim\apps
>> c:\documents and settings\jill\apps

>> Can anyone help me?

> By far the simplest method is based on a batch file like so:
> @echo off
> for %%a in (John Jim Jill) do del /s "c:\Documents and
> Settings\%%a\apps\*.txt"

> Since the command consists of a single line, you could even type it at the
> Command Prompt like so:
> for %a in (John Jim Jill) do del /s "c:\Documents and
> Settings\%a\apps\*.txt"
> Note the double versus single % characters.

> Or maybe this:
> del /s "c:\Documents and Settings\John\apps\*.txt"
> del /s "c:\Documents and Settings\Jill\apps\*.txt"
> del /s "c:\Documents and Settings\Jim\apps\*.txt"

> for /d %a in (*)

> seems to do it, if not a bit crudely.