Script delete tmp folder

Does anyone have a simple script that allows for deletion of a folder. Scenario would be a temporary folder stored in specific location like C: drive. I am able to already delete files inside folder with a simple for statement looping and removing. However I dont seem to be able to figure out how to delete the actual file.
Any example is appreciated.

Thank you for this info. Indeed I did use the Folder.remove() method thru my own variable. It turns out I solved it, I had to adjust the path that my variable was pointing too. Once I did that, it worked correctly.

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d:\mydoc\folder4
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I want to delete all content in the folders 1 to 4 .
is there any suggestion for that?
thanx a million

I was looking for a script in order to delete all subfolder's content .For example Imagin these path :
d:\mydoc\folder1
d:\mydoc\folder2
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I want to delete all content in the folders 1 to 4 .
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I have no experience with this and need full assistance to set this up.
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They both work fine (read that as: it can be added into either place) While that message in crontab seems to intimate that Apple will do something drastic like disable or make it hard to run cron I cannot see how, cron has been in all *nix's since the beginning so to remove it would anger quite a few people...
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
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<key>Label</key>
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<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>rm</string>
<string>-rf</string>
<string>/Library/Caches/com.apple.ATS</string>
</array>
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<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
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END
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I can't delete a more than 10 bookmarks at a time, I can't delete bookmarks folder

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I understand how to delete both bookmarks and folders containing bookmarks according to the instructions, and have done so easily in the past.
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I experience a very strange behavior of iTunes in combination with Symlinked folders. I use Windows 7 and my folder structure is listed below. I have a Laptop with a 256GB SSD and instead DVD-Drive a 640GB SATA drive.
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Best regards Bruce
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I have Exchange 2010 Server (Version: 14.01.0438.000) and configured a retention policy with one retention tag for the
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