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purge old versions in creo in a base directory and all of its sub folders

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I currently have a right click context menu set up for the creo purge command. it works but i have 1400 folders to go through.

is there any way to purge old versions for creo in a base directory and all of its sub folders by running the purge command once?


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    Best answer by FPerez

    HELLO,

    For a recursive purge you can use the script below :(change the foders settings)

    Else i know that there are freewares on internet to do this.

    @echo off

    REM set to location of this script

    set scriptname=C:\cao\temp\purge_all.bat

    REM set to pro/engineer loadpoint

    set prodir="C:\CAO\appli\Creo 2.0\Parametric"

    if "%1" == "purge" goto p2

    cls

    call %prodir%\bin\purge.bat

    echo.

    FOR /D /R %%a IN (*.*) DO call %scriptname% purge "%%a"

    :p2

    cd %2

    echo Purging %2.

    echo.

    call %prodir%\bin\purge.bat

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    nrollins1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    June 26, 2014

    I use a free utility that works well, but is not very intuitive to use. It was written by a German guy/gal(?) and the interface is awkward. But it does purge old versions recursively (into sub folders) and it cleans out files like .logs and .inf and .m_p, etc...

    proe dot cad dot de/downloads/DrPurge.html

    I am sure there are others - maybe someone will post a better solution for us both!

    -Nate

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    nrollins1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    June 26, 2014

    why am I being moderated today?

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    GrahameWard1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    June 26, 2014

    "This reply has been hidden. This can happen if the message has been hidden by a moderator, or has been reported as abusive."

    ?

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    GrahameWard1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    June 26, 2014

    Here is a cleanup batch file. It will only do one folder at a time though. You put it in your folder and double click on it. I don't know how to edit such a file, but this is what it looks like in Notepad. Maybe there's way to edit it so that it can search in subfolders as well?

    del *.ICON

    del *.rpt

    del *.alias2iges

    del *.iges2alias

    del *.step2alias

    del *.alias2step

    del *.m_p

    del *.bom.*

    del *.ger

    del *.inf

    del *.inf.*

    del *.log.*

    del *.lst

    del *.lst.*

    del *.memb

    del *.ptd

    del *.rel

    del *.tst

    del *.err

    del *.ICON

    Del *.LOG

    Del *.idx

    Del *.xml

    purge.bat

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    nrollins1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    June 26, 2014

    I use a free utility that works well, but is not very intuitive to use. It was written by a German guy/gal(?) and the interface is awkward. But it does purge old versions recursively (into sub folders) and it cleans out files like .logs and .inf and .m_p, etc...

    proe.cad.de/downloads/DrPurge.html

    I am sure there are others - maybe someone will post a better solution for us both!

    -Nate

    Sorry for the double post - for some reason I am being "moderated" today.

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    FPerez13-AquamarineAnswer
    13-Aquamarine
    June 26, 2014

    HELLO,

    For a recursive purge you can use the script below :(change the foders settings)

    Else i know that there are freewares on internet to do this.

    @echo off

    REM set to location of this script

    set scriptname=C:\cao\temp\purge_all.bat

    REM set to pro/engineer loadpoint

    set prodir="C:\CAO\appli\Creo 2.0\Parametric"

    if "%1" == "purge" goto p2

    cls

    call %prodir%\bin\purge.bat

    echo.

    FOR /D /R %%a IN (*.*) DO call %scriptname% purge "%%a"

    :p2

    cd %2

    echo Purging %2.

    echo.

    call %prodir%\bin\purge.bat

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      ptc-2312403-NewcomerAuthor
      3-Newcomer
      June 27, 2014

      just to clarify, could i create this as a batch file and/or run it from a right click context menu outside of creo?

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      JonathanHodgson13-Aquamarine
      13-Aquamarine
      June 30, 2014

      ROBERT HOPKINS wrote:

      just to clarify, could i create this as a batch file and/or run it from a right click context menu outside of creo?

      Yes, this works fine exactly as you say.

      I've actually had it set up as a right-click menu option on a folder in Windows, so you can right-click a folder and just purge it from there.

      We had that version purging just the single folder, with another batch file which we ran from the command line to do a recursive purge - reduces the risk of an accidental click purging the whole drive!

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      nrollins1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      June 26, 2014

      there is a free utility that I use - probably constructed with similar code as is shown above. The utility is written by a German individual and its interface and usibility is not the greatess - prett hard to figure out. But it wirks well and I use it regularly. It is called "Dr. Purge" and I think posting a URL get's my reply "moderated" and does not post. A google search for "dr purge" returns several direct references to this utility.

      I used to use "SpekanPurge" which worked well, but lost the link to it and found Dr Purge...

      Anyone use other utilities that work well?

      -Nate

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      Inoram14-Alexandrite
      14-Alexandrite
      June 27, 2014

      on Olaf Corten's site he has a purge tool, it is similar to what I already made myself, so I don't use it. But it appears to have a purge sub directories right-click.

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