[Maxima-discuss] Using Maxima to delete files and directories in a local machine.

[El O. De M. <obs...@gm...>]

Hi list

I want to handle a folder with more than 70000 files and 50000 directories
and delete from it several files and directories using Maxima, if it is
possible.
There is a package in contrib named operatingsystem that potentially can do
this task but i can not figure out how to use it.

I tried this:

(%i1) file_search("operatingsystem.mac")$
(%i2) load(%)$
(%i3) for i in "C:\Users\Usuario\Documents\Trabajos en
wxmaxima\MiscRepo\OldSchool\OtherNibble\RosettaCodeData-main\Task\Sudoku" do
if i#"Common-Lisp" or i#"Maxima" then rmdir(i);
do loop: 'in' argument must be a nonatomic expression; found:
"C:UsersUsuarioDocumentsTrabajos en
wxmaximaMiscRepoOldSchoolOtherNibbleRosettaCodeData-main"

 -- an error. To debug this try: debugmode(true);

I did also try with the path in which \ was replaced with /

Can this task be done using Maxima?

Thanks in advance
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