trouble with a powershell script

i have a simple litte script in which i am trying to delete all the
contents of a bunch of directories (not the directories themselves).
it worked fine in my testing - but when i try to run it against the
actual folders, i get an error:

Not Enough permission to perform operation.

i am logged on as an admin and can manually delete the files/folders.
I am assuming that there is some context issues or something. I am
using PowerGUI.

here is the main code

ForEach ($HomeFolder in dir $Basepath)
{`
$delPath = $homefolder.FullName + "\*"
write-host $delPath
Remove-Item $delpath -recurse
}


any thoughts

thanks

bj

Seems there are some read-only files in one or more directories, try to add
-force to remove-item.
Also, you'll probably get another error, like:

An object at the specified path <path to file> does not exist.


That's because your dir include files and you are appending "\*" to each
file found.
To fix it, include directories only (e.g. $_.PSIsContainer):

ForEach ($HomeFolder in (dir $Basepath | where {$_.PSIsContainer})){
$delPath = $homefolder.FullName
write-host $delPath
Remove-Item $delpath -recurse
}



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Shay Levy
Windows PowerShell MVP
blog: http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/ScriptFanatic

<bj.daniels.0000@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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You'd also need to be careful not to delete subfolders along with the files
(which you will do with a blanket Remove-Item -Recurse .... statement).
Something like this would avoid that by focussing just on files ....

dir $BasePath -Force -Recurse | `
where {Test-Path $_.FullName -PathType Leaf} | `
Remove-Item -Force

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Jon