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script to delete old files in server folders after a week
Hi
We have an FTP server with users with multiple folders. The requirement is that users delete the old files after a week,
I am looking at doing this automatically,
Does anyone know if this can be done is power shell or a batch script, that will go to a folder or sub folders, look for files older than a week and delete them
Thanks
V
We have an FTP server with users with multiple folders. The requirement is that users delete the old files after a week,
I am looking at doing this automatically,
Does anyone know if this can be done is power shell or a batch script, that will go to a folder or sub folders, look for files older than a week and delete them
Thanks
V
Shell ScriptingWindows Batch
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skullnobrains
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Why not just use a small free utility called DELAGE for this, it's a great tool, that I use often.
http://www.horstmuc.de/wbat32.htm
http://www.horstmuc.de/win/delage.htm
~bp
http://www.horstmuc.de/wbat32.htm
http://www.horstmuc.de/win/delage.htm
~bp
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if the directory folder names are different is there a select all command
set topLevel=d:\some\directory
e.g c:\ftp\ftp_users\jakeholla
where there could be a hundred different usernames, but I want to delete all files in each users directory without running the script for each user.
set topLevel=d:\some\directory
e.g c:\ftp\ftp_users\jakeholla
where there could be a hundred different usernames, but I want to delete all files in each users directory without running the script for each user.
The powershell script I supplied for you does not care about the folder structure, but the age of the file.
I am not sure if you need to be concerned with folders since you are looking for file ages.
I am not sure if you need to be concerned with folders since you are looking for file ages.
The /recurse switch with DELAGE accomplishes this.
~bp
~bp
find LOCATION -not -mtime 6 -delete
deletes all the files which have not been modified in the past 7 days
if you are running windows, versions of the find command for windows are available in cygwin, in findutils (http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/findutils.htm) and in various other places. the builtin find command in windows does not have such capabilities afaik
deletes all the files which have not been modified in the past 7 days
if you are running windows, versions of the find command for windows are available in cygwin, in findutils (http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/findutils.htm) and in various other places. the builtin find command in windows does not have such capabilities afaik
You need to modify the line 2 to specify the top level folder.
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@echo off
set topLevel=d:\some\directory
cd /D %topLevel%
FOR /D %%a IN (*) DO (
forfiles /P "%topLevel%\%%a" /S /M *.* /D -7 /C "cmd /C del @PATH"
cd /D %topLevel%\%%a
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir /s /b /ad ^| sort /r') do rd "%%i">NUL
)
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