How to remove these files with name too long to delete so cleaning of ...\server\tomcat\work folder can proceed to install ifix ?

long TRUONG

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Aug 09 '15, 5:14 a.m.

We are trying to install ifix7 on Windows/Tomcat CLM 5.0.2 and having issues cleaning up ...\rtc_502\JazzTeamServer\server\tomcat\work & ...\temp as prerequisite to install ifix7.

First time: we traveled down the deep dir tree to the leaves to remove the files OK. But on the second time (ifix7 crashed CLM, so the 2 dirs were cleaned again prior to restart the ifix'ed app): even going all the way down and permanent delete (instead of moving them to the recycle bin) the files at similar depth as below didn't help. Renaming these such files was not an option either.

...\rtc_502\JazzTeamServer\server\tomcat\workOBSOLETE\Catalina\localhost\ccm\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\32\data\ae262f3c8390ef9f8650e3f0095bb8f6\230-1438843629288

Even when travel down to the very depth of the dir tree to attempt (permanent) deletion:

There was no option (right cliick) to rename to shorten the name for deletion

This rename option (on right click) is available on normal files:

Any idea how to and what are these files ?

We had to rename ...\work to ...\workOBSOLETE

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Ralph Schoon

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Windows....

open a shell go into the root folder and use rmdir /Q/S foldername

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long TRUONG

Aug 09 '15, 1:22 p.m.

Thx Ralph,

My comments too long, so have to use this answer space.

The rmdir command, even with /Q/S, would not remove a non-empty dir, did not try any variation in level or switch. Maybe by root dir you meant bottom parent dir (of those files), but did not try that.

Your direction reminded me of using the Unix rm command, and it successfully removed these files though it looked weird on the long way (output side) there:

D:\IBM\rtc_502\JazzTeamServer\server\tomcat\workOBSOLETE>rmdir /q/s Catalina

Catalina\LOCALH~1\ccm\eclipse\CONFIG~1\ORGECL~1.OSG\bundles\32\data\AE262F~1 - The directory is not empty.

D:\IBM\rtc_502\JazzTeamServer\server\tomcat\workOBSOLETE>rmdir /Q/S Catalina

Catalina\LOCALH~1\ccm\eclipse\CONFIG~1\ORGECL~1.OSG\bundles\32\data - The directory is not empty.

D:\IBM\rtc_502\JazzTeamServer\server\tomcat\workOBSOLETE>rm -R Catalina

rm: descend directory

catalina\localhost\ccm\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\32\data', overriding mode 0777? y
    </div>
    <div>
        rm: catalina\localhost\ccm\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\32\data: No such file or directory
    </div>
    <div>
        rm: catalina\localhost\ccm\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\32\data: No such file or directory
    </div>
    <div>
        rm: descend directory

catalina\localhost\ccm\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\32', overriding mode 0777? y

rm: catalina\localhost\ccm\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\32: No such file or directory

rm: descend directory

catalina\localhost\ccm\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles', overriding mode 0777? y
    </div>
    <div>
        rm: catalina\localhost\ccm\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles: No such file or directory
    </div>
    <div>
        rm: catalina\localhost\ccm\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles: No such file or directory
    </div>
    <div>
        rm: descend directory

catalina\localhost\ccm\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi', overriding mode 0777? y

rm: catalina\localhost\ccm\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi: No such file or directory

rm: descend directory

catalina\localhost\ccm\eclipse\configuration', overriding mode 0777? y
    </div>
    <div>
        rm: catalina\localhost\ccm\eclipse\configuration: No such file or directory
    </div>
    <div>
        rm: catalina\localhost\ccm\eclipse\configuration: No such file or directory
    </div>
    <div>
        rm: descend directory

catalina\localhost\ccm\eclipse', overriding mode 0777? y

rm: catalina\localhost\ccm\eclipse: No such file or directory

rm: descend directory

catalina\localhost\ccm', overriding mode 0777? y
    </div>
    <div>
        rm: catalina\localhost\ccm: No such file or directory
    </div>
    <div>
        rm: catalina\localhost\ccm: No such file or directory
    </div>
    <div>
        rm: descend directory

catalina\localhost', overriding mode 0777? y

rm: catalina\localhost: No such file or directory

D:\IBM\rtc_502\JazzTeamServer\server\tomcat\workOBSOLETE>ls

D:\IBM\rtc_502\JazzTeamServer\server\tomcat\workOBSOLETE>

_________

Listing of files before deletion

D:\IBM\rtc_502\JazzTeamServer\server\tomcat\workOBSOLETE>ls -l

total 0

drwxrwxrwx 1 user group 0 Aug 5 23:46 Catalina

...

Catalina\localhost\ccm\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\32\data\ae262f3c8390ef9f8650e3f0095bb8f6=:

total 0

drwxrwxrwx 1 user group 0 Aug 7 08:32 230-1438843629288

ls: Catalina\localhost\ccm\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\32\data\ae262f3c8390ef9f8650e3f0095bb8f6\230-1438843629288\com.ibm.team.repo

sitory.migration.internal.applicationmigration.query.BaseApplicationMigrationStatusQueryModel$ApplicationMigrationStatusQueryModel: No such file or di

rectory

ls: Catalina\localhost\ccm\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\32\data\ae262f3c8390ef9f8650e3f0095bb8f6\230-1438843629288\com.ibm.team.repo

sitory.migration.internal.applicationmigration.query.BaseApplicationMigrationStatusQueryModel$ManyApplicationMigrationStatusQueryModel: No such file o

r directory

ls: Catalina\localhost\ccm\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\32\data\ae262f3c8390ef9f8650e3f0095bb8f6\230-1438843629288\com.ibm.team.repo

sitory.service.diagnostic.diagnostictests.query.BaseDiagnosticTestResultItemQueryModel$DiagnosticTestResultItemQueryModel: No such file or directory

ls: Catalina\localhost\ccm\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\32\data\ae262f3c8390ef9f8650e3f0095bb8f6\230-1438843629288\com.ibm.team.repo

sitory.service.diagnostic.diagnostictests.query.BaseDiagnosticTestResultItemQueryModel$ManyDiagnosticTestResultItemQueryModel: No such file or directo

Catalina\localhost\ccm\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\32\data\ae262f3c8390ef9f8650e3f0095bb8f6\230-1438843629288=:

total 0

Catalina\localhost\jts=:

total 0

drwxrwxrwx 1 user group 0 Aug 7 08:33 eclipse

...

Catalina\localhost\jts\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\32\data=:

total 0

drwxrwxrwx 1 user group 0 Aug 7 08:33 ae262f3c8390ef9f8650e3f0095bb8f6

Catalina\localhost\jts\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\32\data\ae262f3c8390ef9f8650e3f0095bb8f6=:

total 0

drwxrwxrwx 1 user group 0 Aug 7 08:33 109-1438843758799

ls: Catalina\localhost\jts\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\32\data\ae262f3c8390ef9f8650e3f0095bb8f6\109-1438843758799\com.ibm.team.repo

sitory.migration.internal.applicationmigration.query.BaseApplicationMigrationStatusQueryModel$ApplicationMigrationStatusQueryModel: No such file or di

rectory

ls: Catalina\localhost\jts\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\32\data\ae262f3c8390ef9f8650e3f0095bb8f6\109-1438843758799\com.ibm.team.repo

sitory.migration.internal.applicationmigration.query.BaseApplicationMigrationStatusQueryModel$ManyApplicationMigrationStatusQueryModel: No such file o

r directory

ls: Catalina\localhost\jts\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\32\data\ae262f3c8390ef9f8650e3f0095bb8f6\109-1438843758799\com.ibm.team.repo

sitory.service.diagnostic.diagnostictests.query.BaseDiagnosticTestResultItemQueryModel$DiagnosticTestResultItemQueryModel: No such file or directory

ls: Catalina\localhost\jts\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\32\data\ae262f3c8390ef9f8650e3f0095bb8f6\109-1438843758799\com.ibm.team.repo

sitory.service.diagnostic.diagnostictests.query.BaseDiagnosticTestResultItemQueryModel$ManyDiagnosticTestResultItemQueryModel: No such file or directo

Catalina\localhost\jts\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\32\data\ae262f3c8390ef9f8650e3f0095bb8f6\109-1438843758799=:

total 0

Catalina\localhost\rm=:

total 0

drwxrwxrwx 1 user group 0 Aug 7 08:33 eclipse

...

Catalina\localhost\rm\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\29\data=:

total 0

drwxrwxrwx 1 user group 0 Aug 7 08:33 ae262f3c8390ef9f8650e3f0095bb8f6

Catalina\localhost\rm\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\29\data\ae262f3c8390ef9f8650e3f0095bb8f6=:

total 0

drwxrwxrwx 1 user group 0 Aug 7 08:33 142-1438843822508

ls: Catalina\localhost\rm\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\29\data\ae262f3c8390ef9f8650e3f0095bb8f6\142-1438843822508\com.ibm.team.repos

itory.migration.internal.applicationmigration.query.BaseApplicationMigrationStatusQueryModel$ApplicationMigrationStatusQueryModel: No such file or dir

ectory

ls: Catalina\localhost\rm\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\bundles\29\data\ae262f3c8390ef9f8650e3f0095bb8f6\142-1438843822508\com.ibm.team.repos

itory.migration.internal.applicationmigration.query.BaseApplicationMigrationStatusQueryModel$ManyApplicationMigrationStatusQueryModel: No such file or

long TRUONG

Aug 10 '15, 12:35 a.m.

Today I have to do this task again. Unix rm -R no longer works, but what you suggested "rmdir /Q/S" worked from any level ! :)

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Donald Nong

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Aug 10 '15, 12:26 a.m.

There are quite a few approaches suggested on http://stackoverflow.com and http://superuser.com and you may give them a try.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/551072/how-to-delete-a-long-path-in-windows
http://superuser.com/questions/78434/how-to-delete-directories-with-path-names-too-long-for-normal-delete

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long TRUONG

Aug 10 '15, 12:38 a.m.

Thx Don,

Today Unix "rm -R" no longer worked, but Ralph's suggestion "rmdir /Q/S" worked from any level.

Hence I will keep "using 7zip manager" for next time.

long TRUONG

Aug 25 '15, 6:04 p.m.

on 8/10 neither Unix "rm -R" nor Ralph's suggestion "rmdir /Q/S" worked, dir was renamed.

today tried 7zip manager, did not work either:

If delete to Recycle bin got error too long

If delete permanently got error not found.

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Daniel Barbour

(250●3●23) Apr 18 '16, 3:24 p.m.

This worked on Windows Server 2012:

I've run into this problem numerous times and the solution I found (that works for a Windows environment) is outlined below:

When you want to completely delete a folder (the_dir_to_delete) and it contains files with long names inside it, robocopy does a VERY good job:

In a console window - cd to the containing folder (the one that contains the folder you need to delete)

mkdir empty_dir

robocopy empty_dir the_dir_to_delete /s /mir

rmdir empty_dir

rmdir the_dir_to_delete

Basically it ‘mirrors’ an empty folder into the folder you want

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long TRUONG

Apr 19 '16, 1:54 p.m.

Thx Daniel,

This is cool, will try it on those dirs I had to mark obsolete.

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