gci -recurse -include bin,obj . | ri -recurse
I was playing around with how to get this to work, and I couldn't seem to figure out why these commands didn't find the same locations to delete:
- gci -recurse -include bin,obj .
- ri -recurse -force -include bin,obj -whatif .
I finally got so baffled that I RTFMed remove-item, and there was my answer. In the fine print, nestled away in an example that did what I was looking for, and in the documentation for the recurse parameter was my answer...
-recurse <SwitchParameter>
Deletes the items in the specified locations and in all child items of the locations.
The Recurse parameter in this cmdlet does not work properly.
Ah ha! That's when I went to the format that I finally settled on, and everything worked.
Another blog posting mostly written to help me remember how I solved this problem the next time I encounter it!
-- bab