Troubleshooting part of SQL backup script.

Hi EE,

I have the following script to take backup and label them by date:

DECLARE @name VARCHAR(50) -- database name  
DECLARE @path VARCHAR(256) -- path for backup files  
DECLARE @fileName VARCHAR(256) -- filename for backup  
DECLARE @fileDate VARCHAR(20) -- used for file name

-- specify database backup directory
SET @path = 'F:\Temp\'  
 
EXEC xp_cmdshell 'FORFILES /p @path /s /m *.BAK /d -1 /c "CMD /C del /Q /F @FILE"'

-- specify filename format
SELECT @fileDate = CONVERT(VARCHAR(20),GETDATE(),112) 
 
DECLARE db_cursor CURSOR READ_ONLY FOR  
SELECT name 
FROM master.dbo.sysdatabases 
WHERE name NOT IN ('master','model','msdb','tempdb','test')  -- exclude these databases
 
OPEN db_cursor   
FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO @name   
 
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0   
BEGIN   
   SET @fileName = @path + @name + '_' + @fileDate + '.BAK'  
   BACKUP DATABASE @name TO DISK = @fileName 
   WITH COPY_ONLY

   FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO @name   
END   

 
CLOSE db_cursor   
DEALLOCATE db_cursor

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The backups work fine however, the section to remove old DB backups isn't working

EXEC xp_cmdshell 'FORFILES /p @path /s /m *.BAK /d -1 /c "CMD /C del /Q /F @FILE"'

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I have enabled XP_Cmdshell in the server config and checked to make sure the directory is correct.

How else would I troubleshoot this issue?

Any assistance is welcome.

Thank you.