Re: How to delete fiiles on the server that were accidentally part of an import?

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 19:26:04 +0200, /Bo Berglund/:

> By using this it did work (all on one line anmd no extra backslash):
> 
> svn delete -m "Deleting file xxx" 
> https://svnserver/svn/repo/tags/nameofproject/filetodelete

In the Windows Command Prompt (cmd) or batch scripts you could use ^ 
(caret) [1]:

     svn delete -m "Deleting file xxx" ^
         https://svnserver/svn/repo/tags/nameofproject/filetodelete

Because ^ is the escape character in Windows cmd it needs to be escaped 
on its own when used literally 
<https://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.basic.in-action.html#idm675>:

> Windows users should not forget that a caret is an escape character on 
> their platform. Therefore, use a double caret ^^ ...

[1] https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-esc.html#crlf

-- 
Stanimir