Delete a folder in a folder

[DavidW]

Hi,

Currently i made a script that deletes everything older then 7 days in a script.

But for some reason when i create a folder in C:'\test and another folder IN the folder that i made. It will not get deleted by my script.

But all other extensions like .txt .rar, etc. will get deleted succesfully in the folder that i made

I uploaded a example image file for easier explaining.

this is my script

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

$Folder = "C:\test\"
$test = _FileListToArray($Folder)

If IsArray($test) Then
    For $i = 1 To UBound($test) - 1
        $tijd = StringRegExpReplace(FileGetTime($Folder & $test[$i], 1, 1), "(.{4})(.{2})(.{2})(.{2})(.{2})(.{2})", "${1}/${2}/${3} ${4}:${5}:${6}")
        If _DateDiff('D', $tijd, _NowCalc()) > 7 Then
            FileDelete($Folder & $test[$i])
            DirRemove ($Folder & $test[$i])
        EndIf
    Next
EndIf

I hope you guys can help me / point me in the right direction

Solved the problem by changing the DirRemove command!

Spoiler

 

Edited November 25, 2016 by DavidW

[jguinch]

If the folder is not empty you have to force it to delete by using $DIR_REMOVE with DirRemove

[InunoTaishou]

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Remarks

Some directory attributes can make the deletion impossible, therefore if this is the case look at FileSetAttrib() to change the attributes of a directory.

Idk what attributes your folder has. Tested your script on my system and it worked (just changed the difference date to 0 so it always executed)

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

$Folder = "C:\test\"
$test = _FileListToArray($Folder)

If IsArray($test) Then
    For $i = 1 To UBound($test) - 1
        $tijd = StringRegExpReplace(FileGetTime($Folder & $test[$i], 1, 1), "(.{4})(.{2})(.{2})(.{2})(.{2})(.{2})", "${1}/${2}/${3} ${4}:${5}:${6}")
        If _DateDiff('D', $tijd, _NowCalc()) >= 0 Then
            ConsoleWrite("Removing folder " & $Folder & $test[$i] & " : " & (DirRemove($Folder & $test[$i]) ? "Succeeded" : "Failed") & @LF)
        EndIf
    Next
EndIf

 

[DavidW]

6 minutes ago, jguinch said:

If the folder is not empty you have to force it to delete by using $DIR_REMOVE with DirRemove

Thanks problem solved!