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Removing empty directories...
« on: April 10, 2009, 07:00:50 PM »
imagine my surprise when I found batch discussed in Raymond chens blog.

http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2008/04/17/8399914.aspx

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« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2009, 07:23:19 AM »
I love this guy! I have just spent the best part of 40 mins reading back to Nov 2008 which is when I was last there, and was reminded of this gem

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Not my finest hour: Getting instructions on doing something I've already done

Last year, I sent some email to the people who run our team's check-in validation tool asking how I could add a new rule to the validation tests. One of the members wrote back, "You do it just like this guy," and sent me a reference to another check-in that added a validation rule.

That other check-in was made by me.

But wait, it gets better.

That other check-in? It added the very rule I was thinking about adding.

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Re: Removing empty directories...
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2009, 08:51:07 AM »
lol


and some of the comments too- almost 50% of the time it seems to turn into a nitpicking session. Although I guess that happens with all blog comments...
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    Re: Removing empty directories...
    « Reply #3 on: April 11, 2009, 11:31:14 AM »
    finally! i always hate it when Recycle Bin says it can't delete the empty folder.  :P
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