recursive file delete

[aturner]

i need to do a recursive file delete of *.lnk can anyone help?

[plenderj]

In a specific directory, or through all subdirectories too ?

[aturner]

recursive = subdirectories

[Nucleus]

Here you go.

To get you started:
http://pages.about.com/vbmakai/getfiles.htm

[plenderj]

Originally posted by aturner
recursive = subdirectories

Recursive does not mean subdirectories.
It means to call the operation from inside itself.

[aturner]

so just to clear air, what is the definition of a recursive directory search

but yes, i would like to know how to search subdirectories

[plenderj]

Recursive just means that the algorithm calls itself again on the results it produces.

So a recursive directory search would find all files/dirs in a given dir, and then all files/dirs in those dirs etc.

A recursive maths function for GCD could look like this :

Public Function GCD(num1 As Long, num2 As Long) As Long
    If (num1 = 1) Or (num2 = 1) Then
        GCD = 1
    Else
        If (num1 = num2) Then
            GCD = num1
        Else
            If (num1 > num2) Then
                GCD = GCD(num1 - num2, num2)
            Else
                GCD = GCD(num2 - num1, num1)
            End If
        End If
    End If
End Function

A recursive file search doesnt mean very much....
But a file search that searched recursively through directories does.