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Hello Friends,

Please assist me with the script below. ScitTE SyntaxCheckProd finds no errors. However, I cannot make it find or delete any files. I am running Autoit 3.3.14.5 on Windows 10 Home X64. I have searched the forums and internet for days and can't find anything superior to my present script.

My goal is to:

1. Delete folders and files recursively older than 15 days.

2. No GUI needed.

3. Do not force deletion and no confirmation needed.

4. Don't want to use forfiles. 

Autoit Script:

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

const $MAXAGE = 3  ; days
global $msg = ""
global $nFilesDel = 0

$retval = _FileDeleteRecursive("C:\test","*.*",$MAXAGE)

func _FileDeleteRecursive($sPath, $pattern, $maxage)
     local $files = _FileListToArray($sPath,$pattern,1)
     if @error <> 0 then return -1

     local $dirs = _FileListToArray($sPath,"*",2)
     if @error <> 0 then return -1

     local $age, $nFilesFound = 0, $retval

     if IsArray($files) then
        for $n = 1 to $files[0]
            $age = _DateDiffInDays($sPath & "\" & $files[$n])
            if $age > $maxage then
               _DeleteFile($sPath & "\" & $files[$n],$age)
               $nFilesFound += 1
            endif
        next
     endif

     if IsArray($dirs) then
        for $n = 1 to $dirs[0]
             $retval = _FileDeleteRecursive($sPath & "\" & $dirs[$n], $pattern,$maxage)
           if $retval > 0 then $nFilesFound += $retval
        next
     endif
     return $nFilesFound
endfunc

func _DateDiffInDays($filename)
    if not FileExists($filename) then return -1
    local $filetime =  FileGetTime($filename)
    local $tempDate = $filetime[0] & "/" & $filetime[1] & "/" & $filetime[2]
    local $currDate = @YEAR & "/" & @MON & "/" & @MDAY
    return _DateDiff("D",$tempDate,$currDate)
endfunc

func _DeleteFile($filepath,$age)
    $msg = $msg & "Age: " & $age & "  File: " & $filepath & @CRLF
        FileDelete($filepath)
        $nFilesDel += 1
endfunc

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Instead of FileListToArray, you could use _FileListToArrayRec() which will give you the list of files in the folder, and all subfolders. Then you can delete the ones that are over your target date.

Next, your problem is probably this line:

If @error <> 0 Then Return -1

If your C:\Test folder is empty of files, then it will immediately return, and the script ends.

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Maybe something like this?

Local $sYDate = StringRegExpReplace(_DateAdd("D", -15, _NowCalcDate()), '\d\d(\d\d).(\d\d).(\d\d)', '$01$2$3') ; Format = YYMMDD
Local $sDate = "20"&$sYDate
$selectedfolder = "C:\test"

$aFileList = _FileListToArray($selectedfolder, "*", $FLTA_FILES)
Sleep(5000)

For $i = 1 To $aFileList[0]
    Local $sArray = FileGetTime("C:\test\"& $aFileList[$i], $FT_MODIFIED, 1)
     If $sArray < $sDate Then
         FileDelete("C:\test\"& $aFileList[$i])
         EndIF
     Next

 

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  • 2 weeks later...

Hello MetaSteel, thank you, your suggestion cleared the syntax errors. May I ask another question? How to make this script recursive in all sub directories? See script below.

Thanks!

Script:

#include <Date.au3>
#include <File.au3>
Local $sYDate = StringRegExpReplace(_DateAdd("D", -15, _NowCalcDate()), '\d\d(\d\d).(\d\d).(\d\d)', '$01$2$3') ; Format = YYMMDD
Local $sDate = "20"&$sYDate
$selectedfolder = "C:\test"

$aFileList = _FileListToArray($selectedfolder, "*", $FLTA_FILES)
Sleep(5000)

For $i = 1 To $aFileList[0]
    Local $sArray = FileGetTime("C:\test\"& $aFileList[$i], $FT_MODIFIED, 1)
     If $sArray < $sDate Then
         FileDelete("C:\test\"& $aFileList[$i])
         EndIF
Next
 

 

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Look up a couple of posts, I told you how to do that.

If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.
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Hi BrewManNH,

I did as you suggested and that cleared the syntax errors however, that did not delete the old files recursively. How can this be made to work now?

Here is the modified script:

#include <Date.au3>
#include <File.au3>
Local $sYDate = StringRegExpReplace(_DateAdd("D", -15, _NowCalcDate()), '\d\d(\d\d).(\d\d).(\d\d)', '$01$2$3') ; Format = YYMMDD
Local $sDate = "20"&$sYDate
$selectedfolder = "C:\test"

$aFileList = _FileListToArrayRec ($selectedfolder, "*", $FLTA_FILES)
Sleep(5000)

For $i = 1 To $aFileList[0]
    Local $sArray = FileGetTime("C:\test\"& $aFileList[$i], $FT_MODIFIED, 1)
     If $sArray < $sDate Then
         FileDelete("C:\test\"& $aFileList[$i])
         EndIF
Next

Thanks for your continued help!

Tom
 

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Tom,

I tried that code and it worked just fine. Perhaps you don't have any files that are older than 15 days on your test folder. Or perhaps it needed the admin privileges you originally had in your script.

Feel free to try this version:

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

Local $sSelectedFolder = 'C:\temp'
Local $iCutOffDays = 15
Local $sCutOffDate = StringRegExpReplace(_DateAdd('D', -$iCutOffDays, _NowCalcDate()), '(\d\d\d\d).(\d\d).(\d\d)', '$01$2$3')
Local $aFileList = _FileListToArrayRec($sSelectedFolder, '*', $FLTA_FILES)
For $i = 1 To $aFileList[0]
    Local $sStatus = ' REMAINS'
    Local $sFileName = $sSelectedFolder & '\' & $aFileList[$i]
    Local $sFileDate = FileGetTime($sFileName, $FT_MODIFIED, $FT_STRING)
    ConsoleWrite($sFileName)
    If StringCompare($sFileDate, $sCutOffDate) < 0 Then
        If FileDelete($sFileName) Then $sStatus = ' DELETED'
    EndIF
    ConsoleWrite($sStatus & @CRLF)
Next

Note that it's not all that different than:

#pragma compile(Console, true)
#RequireAdmin
$sSelectedFolder = "C:\test"
$iCutOffDays = 15
RunWait('forfiles -p "." -s -m *.* -d -' & $iCutOffDays & ' -c "cmd /c del @path"', $sSelectedFolder)

 

Edited by MetaSteel
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