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Downloads:
825
Downloads of v 5.3.0:
825
Last Update:
19 Apr 2015
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Hermann Schinagl
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Xdel
- Software Specific:
- Software Site
- Software License
- Package Specific:
- Package outdated?
- Package broken?
- Contact Maintainers
- Contact Site Admins
- Software Vendor?
- Report Abuse
- Download
Downloads:
825
Downloads of v 5.3.0:
825
Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Hermann Schinagl
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To install Xdel, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade Xdel, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall Xdel, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
NOTE: This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
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Open Source
- Download the Package Download
- Follow manual internalization instructions
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Package Internalizer (C4B)
- Run
choco download xdel --internalize --source=https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2
(additional options) - Run
choco push --source="'http://internal/odata/repo'"
for package and dependencies - Automate package internalization
- Run
3. Enter your internal repository url
(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2)
4. Choose your deployment method:
choco upgrade xdel -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'" [other options]
See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade xdel -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Ensure xdel installed
win_chocolatey:
name: xdel
state: present
version: 5.3.0
source: STEP 3 URL
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
chocolatey_package 'xdel' do
action :install
version '5.3.0'
source 'STEP 3 URL'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
Chocolatey::Ensure-Package
(
Name: xdel,
Version: 5.3.0,
Source: STEP 3 URL
);
Requires Otter Chocolatey Extension. See docs at https://inedo.com/den/otter/chocolatey.
cChocoPackageInstaller xdel
{
Name = 'xdel'
Ensure = 'Present'
Version = '5.3.0'
Source = 'STEP 3 URL'
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'xdel':
provider => 'chocolatey',
ensure => '5.3.0',
source => 'STEP 3 URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
salt '*' chocolatey.install xdel version="5.3.0" source="STEP 3 URL"
See docs at https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.chocolatey.html.
5. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
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This package was approved by moderator ferventcoder on 21 Dec 2015.
The NTFS filesystem of NT4/W2K/WXP supports the junction/symbolic link functionality. Deleting subdirectories recursivley can be done by various of tools, but only xdel is aware of junctions/symbolic link, and instead of crawling recursivley down a junction/symbolic link, xdel simply unlinks the junction/symbolic link, and so does no harm to contents chained into a hierarchy via junctions/symbolic link.
Furthermore xdel.exe properly deletes very long pathnames with more than 256 characters.
Manual
xdel.exe
is a typical command line utility.
Recursivly delete directory hierarchies. e.g.:
xdel x:\dir\dir2
In the above example the directories and files below x:\dir\dir2
are deleted.
$packageName = 'xdel'
$url = 'http://www.schinagl.priv.at/nt/xdel/xdel.zip'
$checksum = 'f69972986d53529feaa1f529de415465724e3eff'
$checksumType = 'sha1'
$url64 = 'http://www.schinagl.priv.at/nt/xdel/xdel64.zip'
$checksum64 = '382f8684ce9a1b6e97fea8c559891e5a53d88371'
$checksumType64 = 'sha1'
$toolsDir = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
Install-ChocolateyZipPackage -PackageName "$packageName" `
-Url "$url" `
-UnzipLocation "$toolsDir" `
-Url64bit "$url64" `
-Checksum "$checksum" `
-ChecksumType "$checksumType" `
-Checksum64 "$checksum64" `
-ChecksumType64 "$checksumType64"
Log in or click on link to see number of positives.
- xdel.5.3.0.nupkg (4cb27c5e53bc) - ## / 55
- xdel64.zip (daec188d53cb) - ## / 49
- xdel.zip (98d1eda3964b) - ## / 53
In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).
Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.
Version | Downloads | Last Updated | Status |
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Xdel 5.3.0 | 825 | Sunday, April 19, 2015 | Approved |
© 1990 Hermann Schinagl
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- vcredist2005 (≥ 8.0.50727.763)
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