Script help - deleting files older than certain number of days
I have various sets of folders in a particular folder structure on a windows machine, that I have my backups going to. My backup runs a backup to disk job that dumps the B2D files in various folders for various servers. What I need to do is retain 3 days worth of these B2D files, and get rid of the rest. Every night I run a backup of the B2D Files to tape, so deleting them is ok. Can someone help me put together a VB script (or whatever method is best) to delete .bkf files with a data modified of older than 3 days. I just want to keep 3 days worth of files, so anything older than 3 days can be deleted. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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So if I only wanted it to dele files older than 3 days, I would change the 7 in your code to a 3, and add the debug.print in the end of your message to replace the existing debug.print line. And that should do it right?
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All variations on the same theme. Each would work depending on the particulars of your delete needs.
I use this concept in a backup process of my own with a little more complexity. I backup each day to a different folder based on the date (backup_061103 for example) and I keep 7 backup folders regardless of how old they are and delete the oldest ones first.
I do this just in case a backup fails to run one day I still have 7 backup folders. (which actually happens once in a while) I learned this after going by date and my backup kept failing and one day I realized I had NO BACKUPS at all because all folders were over 7 days old. Good thing nothing got lost while I was on vacation.
I used the DIM ... AS OBJECT so I wouldn't have to reference the scripting object but if you do reference it you get some nice features while in the editor. Functionally, it makes no difference.
I use this concept in a backup process of my own with a little more complexity. I backup each day to a different folder based on the date (backup_061103 for example) and I keep 7 backup folders regardless of how old they are and delete the oldest ones first.
I do this just in case a backup fails to run one day I still have 7 backup folders. (which actually happens once in a while) I learned this after going by date and my backup kept failing and one day I realized I had NO BACKUPS at all because all folders were over 7 days old. Good thing nothing got lost while I was on vacation.
I used the DIM ... AS OBJECT so I wouldn't have to reference the scripting object but if you do reference it you get some nice features while in the editor. Functionally, it makes no difference.
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Thanks for the input. I am going to try a few of these and see which one works best for my needs. Its really simple, I just need something to start at a root level folder, delete any .bkf file with a modified date older than 3 days. One tricky part I just thought of would be the weekend. We are about to start a 7 day a week rotation, but currently are only doing 5. So how would I handle the weekend, because the on Sunday night the modified date would delete some valid backups I want to keep. Is there a way in this script that would allow for the weekend too and not delete Wednesday's backup until Monday?
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