Windows

Hi,
I'd try the username process 'in reverse'. judging by what you wrote, each users profile directory is a share - IE accessible via

\\server\%username%

You can enumerate all shares via the NET SHARE
command. So, we could say
for /f %Ain ('net share') do echo %A

Note that in a batch file you will need to put an extra % in front of %A. the snippet above loops through the output of the net share command and sets %A to each sharename in turn. next, I would use the net user username /domain

command, to check whether the folder name tallied with a domain user, if it did, then I'd go on with the delete statements within that folder. Note that the /domain command above does not need to be changed to your domain name, it's simply tellint the net user command to check on the domain rather than the local machine. The end result would be something like -


for /f %%A in ('net share') do call :go %%A
goto end

:go

net user %1 /domain | find /I "The user name could not be found"
If %errorlevel%==0 goto end
...your delete statements would go here.
:end

I've written the above 'off the cuff' so obviously it needs testing. Hope this helps....

My profiles folders aren't shares - they all reside together in a common share, so this won't help situation (2). But each user's data folder is it's own share, so your answer may solve situation (1). I must admit your answer is over my head, so I'll have to do some studying before I can test it. But thank you for the lesson.

Hi,
So, any reason why you can't use a

dir /b

in your share to get a list of all the folders, then pass that to the net user command ?