"hipsterdoofus" wrote in message
news:1147808705.083904.322840@v46g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...
> Hello all, I've seen hints of others having this problem but seen no
> solution.
>
> What im trying to do: Script that connects to a given computer with
> smbclient, then deletes everything listed in its temporary internet
> files, which would usually be c:\documents and settings\bob\local
> settings\temp\temporary internet files\* for example. Usually under
> this, there is a directory called Content.IE5, with several directories
> under it. I really just want to blast the directories underneath,
> however, I cannot seem to get it to work. I've tried rm, rm -r, rm -
> rf, all to no avail. Usually I get errors as though the files don't
> even exist, even though I can see them from ls.
>
> Is there a simple solution to this? Thanks a million.
>

Yes, in IE on the client computer, select Options from the Tools menu and
use the Setting button to set the "Amount of disk space to use:" to zero or
a very small number. This will have little effect on the user if you have a
fast Internet connection or are just using IE on an Intranet.

The files you are trying to delete are system files and IMHO I think you
should use the correct tool to do it or you may cause grief for the client.