Deleting folders present on remote machine using batch file

Question

I want to delete couple of folders using batch file.
But problem is that these folders are present on some other machine.
But I can take the remote access to this machine on my machine.

Please help me with this issue. I don't have any idea about this.

Solution 1

A less comprehensive, but more simple answer...

del /F \\myserver\w_root$\users\selah\selah.txt
del /F \\myserver\w_root$\users\selah\status.txt

Solution 2

As long as you can mount the remote folder with a user who has delete authority, you can simply do something like this:

rem Set up the remote path - assuming it is sharable
set MY_DIR=\\10.1.1.1\some\path

rem Mount the remote path
net use %MY_DIR% %MY_PASSWORD% /USER:%MY_USER%

rem Delete a file
if exist "%MY_DIR%\MyFile" del /F "%MY_DIR%\MyFile" >nul

rem Unmount the remote path
net use %MY_DIR% /delete >nul

If you want to remove folders, you'll just need to make sure the mount point is at least one level above where you'll be deleting.