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Hi everyone !

What tool can I use to delete files older than a specified number of days
(on command line)?

Thank you !

Hugo
 
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"Hugo" <newschrg@noemail.noemail> wrote in message
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> Hi everyone !
>
> What tool can I use to delete files older than a specified number of days
> (on command line)?
>
> Thank you !
>
> Hugo
>

xxcopy.exe, using the /db and the /L switches.
 
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Hugo <newschrg@noemail.noemail> wrote:
> Hi everyone !
>
> What tool can I use to delete files older than a specified number of
> days (on command line)?
>
> Thank you !
>
> Hugo

another option-

Forfiles -p "<path>" -s -m *.* -d -10 -c "Cmd /C del @FILE"

(all files older than 10 days)
 
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"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hugo <newschrg@noemail.noemail> wrote:
>> Hi everyone !
>>
>> What tool can I use to delete files older than a specified number of
>> days (on command line)?
>>
>> Thank you !
>>
>> Hugo
>
> another option-
>
> Forfiles -p "<path>" -s -m *.* -d -10 -c "Cmd /C del @FILE"
>
> (all files older than 10 days)

Congratulations! You must be one of a very small group
of people able to make sense of the syntax rules of the
forfiles.exe command. :-)
 
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Pegasus (MVP) <I.can@fly.com> wrote:
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:%231em4z%23FIHA.3548@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Hugo <newschrg@noemail.noemail> wrote:
>>> Hi everyone !
>>>
>>> What tool can I use to delete files older than a specified number of
>>> days (on command line)?
>>>
>>> Thank you !
>>>
>>> Hugo
>>
>> another option-
>>
>> Forfiles -p "<path>" -s -m *.* -d -10 -c "Cmd /C del @FILE"
>>
>> (all files older than 10 days)
>
> Congratulations! You must be one of a very small group
> of people able to make sense of the syntax rules of the
> forfiles.exe command. :-)

Make sense of 'em? Sure, the important ones. I know a lot of really smart
people and I often steal^H^H^H borrow batch files from them for my own use.
I can generally figure out what the parameters do once I see them working -
but this isn't my area. I'm just a magpie, and the world is full of shiny
objects. ;-)
 
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Hello Hugo,

Thank you for using newsgroup and thanks Pegasus and Lanwench's great
information sharing with us.

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Re: delete files older than...

Thank you !

Forfiles do a great job !

Hugo

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> a écrit dans le
message de news: %231em4z%23FIHA.3548@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hugo <newschrg@noemail.noemail> wrote:
>> Hi everyone !
>>
>> What tool can I use to delete files older than a specified number of
>> days (on command line)?
>>
>> Thank you !
>>
>> Hugo
>
> another option-
>
> Forfiles -p "<path>" -s -m *.* -d -10 -c "Cmd /C del @FILE"
>
> (all files older than 10 days)
>
 
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I am using Window XP pro. How could I get forfiles command ? Where should I
download it ?
Thank you.
 
Re: delete files older than...

Hello Lang,

Never heard of forfiles, but a quick search shows that it's part of the MS
2000 resource kit.

You can download the reskit here:
http://www.petri.co.il/download_free_reskit_tools.htm

It's amazing what you can do in two minutes with Google.



> I am using Window XP pro. How could I get forfiles command ? Where
> should I
> download it ?
> Thank you.
 
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Thank David,
It works. However, I found a link
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windo...65c7-48cf-b466-204ba159381e1033.mspx?mfr=true
which has different syntax with yours. Do you have any idea ? Why I cannot
find any forfiles.exe downloads from MS web server ?

Thank you.

"David Brown" wrote:

> Hello Lang,
>
> Never heard of forfiles, but a quick search shows that it's part of the MS
> 2000 resource kit.
>
> You can download the reskit here:
> http://www.petri.co.il/download_free_reskit_tools.htm
>
> It's amazing what you can do in two minutes with Google.
>
>
>
> > I am using Window XP pro. How could I get forfiles command ? Where
> > should I
> > download it ?
> > Thank you.
>
>
 
Re: delete files older than...

Hello Lang,

Not sure. I didn't find one at MS either. Maybe it's old enough to be unsupported
and they've offloaded or abandoned it, or it's quietly being killed.

That may be another reason to learn to use Robocopy or the "/f" option of
the "FOR" command built into DOS.



> Thank David,
>
> It works. However, I found a link
>
> http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/9660fea1-65c7-4
> 8cf-b466-204ba159381e1033.mspx?mfr=true
>
> which has different syntax with yours. Do you have any idea ? Why I
> cannot
>
> find any forfiles.exe downloads from MS web server ?
>
> Thank you.
>
> "David Brown" wrote:
>
>> Hello Lang,
>>
>> Never heard of forfiles, but a quick search shows that it's part of
>> the MS 2000 resource kit.
>>
>> You can download the reskit here:
>> http://www.petri.co.il/download_free_reskit_tools.htm
>> It's amazing what you can do in two minutes with Google.
>>
>>> I am using Window XP pro. How could I get forfiles command ? Where
>>> should I
>>> download it ?
>>> Thank you.
 
Re: delete files older than...


'Lanwench [MVP - Exchange Wrote:
> ;3257196']Hugo <newschrg@noemail.noemail> wrote:
> > Hi everyone !
> >
> > What tool can I use to delete files older than a specified number of
> > days (on command line)?
> >
> > Thank you !
> >
> > Hugo
>
> another option-
>
> Forfiles -p "<path>" -s -m *.* -d -10 -c "Cmd /C del @FILE"
>
> (all files older than 10 days)

I found a really helpful post on using forfiles and all the switches
here:

http://www.jjclements.co.uk/index.php/2008/07/31/delete-files-older-than-certain-number-of-days

Could be worth checking out I think


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