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How to delete files older than 7 days using a BAT file
Posted: 03 Oct 2016 23:21
by abhishekkumarrai3
Hi All,
i have to delete files older than 7 days using a BAT file,
i have used below command but this command is deleting all files, but i want it should delete files older than 7 days.
forfiles /p "C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\Downloads" /s /m *.* /c "cmd /c Del @path" /d -7
kindly please help for this.
Thanks,
Abhi
Re: How to delete files older than 7 days using a BAT file
Posted: 04 Oct 2016 00:13
by ShadowThief
This may seem like a dumb question, but do you have any files in the folder that are not older than 7 days? I don't see anything wrong with the command you're using.
Re: How to delete files older than 7 days using a BAT file
Posted: 04 Oct 2016 00:27
by abhishekkumarrai3
ShadowThief wrote:This may seem like a dumb question, but do you have any files in the folder that are not older than 7 days? I don't see anything wrong with the command you're using.
Hi ShadowThief,
Yeah i have files in the folder that are not older than 7 days, the issue is its also deleting the file which is only 3 days old.
please help me for this.
Thanks,
Abhi
Re: How to delete files older than 7 days using a BAT file
Posted: 04 Oct 2016 01:42
by SIMMS7400
I use this option quite frequently :
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ROBOCOPY C:\source C:\destination /mov /minage:7
del C:\destination /q
ROBOCOPY supports UNC paths unlike Forfiles unless you utilize NET USE:
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net use Z: \\unc\path\to\my\folder
if %errorlevel% equ 0 (
forfiles /p Z: /s /m *.log /D -7 /C "cmd /c del @path"
) else (
echo "Z: is already in use, please use another drive letter!"
)
Re: How to delete files older than 7 days using a BAT file
Posted: 04 Oct 2016 06:38
by Squashman
abhishekkumarrai3 wrote:ShadowThief wrote:This may seem like a dumb question, but do you have any files in the folder that are not older than 7 days? I don't see anything wrong with the command you're using.
Hi ShadowThief,
Yeah i have files in the folder that are not older than 7 days, the issue is its also deleting the file which is only 3 days old.
please help me for this.
Thanks,
Abhi
Could you show us the output of the
DIR command before you run the FORFILES command.
Thanks
Re: How to delete files older than 7 days using a BAT file
Posted: 06 Oct 2016 14:37
by foxidrive
abhishekkumarrai3 wrote:ShadowThief wrote: I don't see anything wrong with the command you're using.
the issue is its also deleting the file which is only 3 days old.
please help me for this.
It's been a while. Did you sort this out?
Squashman was trying to determine your problem too.
Re: How to delete files older than 7 days using a BAT file
Posted: 07 Oct 2016 01:23
by abhishekkumarrai3
foxidrive wrote:abhishekkumarrai3 wrote:ShadowThief wrote: I don't see anything wrong with the command you're using.
the issue is its also deleting the file which is only 3 days old.
please help me for this.
It's been a while. Did you sort this out?
Squashman was trying to determine your problem too.
Thank you so much to everyone..
its been sorted out...
and sorry for late reply..
Thanks,
Abhi