Delete All Folders Except One

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1

Is there some code to use to make a button that will delete all folders except one.

Example:
Updates
William
Patrick
Jon

I am looking for a button that will delete the all folders, except the one called "- Updates".

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Shawn

2

You could make a test using something like this code:

Select ALL
Select Deselect "- Updates"
delete

Note that it also will delete all non-folders. If there are any, you possibly need to modify this code.

3

Or perhaps this may be useful.
I'm only guessing at the moment.

Select FILTERDEF type match folder and name nomatch Updates
Delete
4

Note that FILTERDEF requires Opus 13.

5

I tried to make the example simple, but I guess I need to elaborate.

In the example, the contents of the folder would be:
Updates
William
William.zip
Patrick
Patrick.zip
Jon
Jon.zip

I am looking to delete all the folders, with the exception of "Updates".

I don't have Opus 13 yet, but plan to update to that version once it is out of Beta, or whatever it is called

Thanks.

Shawn

6

So, do you mean to keep the Zip-Files and the "Updates" folder? If so, you can use

Select ALL
Select Deselect "Updates"
Select Deselect *.zip
delete
7

This was proposed as an addition to the mutlifunction display in DO13 as an improvement.
Unfortunately, the topic received very little attention.
Was a frequent request, since the DO9, in the old German forum (was deleted).

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8 
Delete ~(Updates|*.*)
9

Which proposal do you mean? Can you link to a thread here about it?