[Question] - Batch Deletion of Files older than 30 days - Help Please

[amd64lover]

I have a folder of backups. Each backup is a .rar file. To conserve space, i would like a batch program that deletes all the files (there are only rar files in there) in the Backup folder that are older than 30 days. Does anyone know how to do this? I would prefer it to be a .bat file so i wouldnt have to install any extra software and could set it to run automatically using task scheduler... Thanks!

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[cluberti]

Be careful with this - there's no error checking. It'll go into a directory and delete all files that are older than 30 days without warning!

Option Explicit
on error resume next
  Dim objFSO
  Dim sDirectoryPath
  Dim objFolder
  Dim objFileCollection
  Dim objFile
  Dim iDaysOld

'Set the number of days to go back
  iDaysOld = 30
  Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

'The sDirectoryPath can be a local folder or a \\server\share
  sDirectoryPath = "\\MyServer\MyFolder"
  set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(sDirectoryPath)
  set objFileCollection = objFolder.Files

'If any file is older than iDaysOld value, then delete it.
  For each objFile in objFileCollection
	 If objFile.DateLastModified < (Date() - iDaysOld) Then
		objFile.Delete(True)
	 End If
  Next

'Finish up
  Set objFSO = Nothing
  Set objFolder = Nothing
  Set objFileCollection = Nothing
  Set objFile = Nothing

[Doc Symbiosis]

Perhaps this is a first step: This command lists the date of the file and the file names. No you just have to add the check for the date it delete the file or folder.

In the variable %i the date is contained and in the vatiable %l the filename, %j contains the time of the fileceation and %k contains either "<DIR>", if it's a directory, or the filesize.

for /f "tokens=1,2,3*" %i in ('dir /OD') DO echo %i %l

If you're using this in a batch, you have to set double '%' instead of one.

[amd64lover]

thanks to both of you!

@cluberti

is that a batch file or vbs file? do i have to make a file for each folder that i wanted cleaned of files that are older than 30 days? its not a big deal, i only plan on using it for one folder anyways.

[jftuga]

Try delen -- del enhanced. It should do the trick.

http://www.geocities.com/jadoxa/delenxrd/

-John

[cluberti]

It's a VBS script.

[amd64lover]

@cluberti

great thanks!

@jftuga

i was checking out delen and was using it to delete the contents of my backup folder (C:\Buildsof\Backups), but i have yet to figuer out a way to do this without deleting the folder itself. The command i am using is 'c:\buildsof\backups\ /sxy' .... i thought the last trailing backslash after the directory location would help, but it didnt.... any ideas?

[amd64lover]

Actually, i just went ahead and added a mkdir command at the end of that so it would just recreate that folder... problem solved! thanks everyone