How to delete specific directory

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This is not a bug, but i just want to know how to use the rmdir command.

i have a root folder with a lot of subfolder, and inside each subfolder there is a folder named ".ABC_store", yes there is a dot in front, and it is not empty (i want to delete it eventhough it is not empty).

i am trying to use

rclone -vv rmdir gCryptNoCache: --include=".ABC_store"

but it just doesnt find anything of folder starting with a dot.

please help guide me how to delete all the .ABC_store directory included in all subdirectory in the root folder?

thank you.

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All those things in the template that you deleted are helpful to solve your issue.

What version are you running?
What backend are you using?
Can you share a log with -vv of what you ran?

If you are using rmdir, the directory has to be empty:

https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_rmdir/

You'd want to do a two step process and delete first:

https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_delete/

Be sure to use --dry-run and make sure your filter is matching.

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rmdir only deletes a single empty directory.

I'd do this in two stages

Delete all the files in directories called .ABC_store

rclone delete --dry-run --include=".ABC_store/**" gCryptNoCache:

Then remove all empty directories

rclone rmdirs gCryptNoCache:
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