Delete old Files

[JoshG 0]

Hi hoping i might get some help on this... I'm looking for a way to delete files by date i.e. delete any files older then a specified date or number of days older then system date files older then 120 days... within a specific folder and with specific file type

Thanks in advam\nce

[AdmiralAlkex 117]

"This is not a general support forum!"

[kaotkbliss 138]

I haven't tested this, but it should do what you want.

To test it, I would change FileDelete to something else, maybe write the files to a text file or something so you can check and make sure it works correctly before actually deleting files.

Also, you will have to put your own path in.

#include <Date.au3>
#Include <File.au3>

    $files = _FileListToArray("Your path here", "*.ext", 2) ;create an array of files in the specified folder
    $date=@YEAR&"/"&@MON&"/"&@MDAY;getting the current date
    $newdate=_DateAdd("D",-120,$date) ;adding -120 days (subtract 120 days)
    $formatdate=StringSplit($newdate,"/") ;removing the /
    $newdate=$formatdate[1]&$formatdate[2]&$formatdate[3]&@HOUR&@MIN&@SEC ;putting the date back together in a format easily compared to the FileGetTime func
    If IsArray($files) Then ;Making sure an array was created
        For $i = 1 To UBound($files) - 1 ;Loop through all the files found
            $aTime = FileGetTime("Your path here" & $files[$i], 1, 1) ;get the creation time of the file
            If $aTime < $newdate Then ;check to see if creation time is older than 120 days
                FileDelete($files[$i]) ;delete the file if it is
            EndIf
        Next
    EndIf

[Varian 6]

I actually answered your question in your PREVIOUS TOPIC OF THE SAME NAME

Look

Edited January 6, 2011 by Varian