dalbertom/delete-long-name-dirs

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in windows, deleting a very long path of directories fails. This can help deleting them.

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delete-long-name-dirs

-dir /s/b/ad > dirs.txt
-sort /r dirs.txt > sorteddirs.txt
-for /f %a in (sorteddirs.txt) do (
-subst x: /d
-subst x: "%a" && rd /s/q x:
-)

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