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Delete Files More than 14 Days Old

Deletes files older than 14 days. To specify a different time interval, change the value of the variable RetentionPeriod.

 
 
 
 
 
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    Superior Method
    2 Posts | Last post June 02, 2011
    • Written June 02, 2011 
      This script should not be published in this forum because of its poor use of native VB Script date arithmetic functions. Here is a much better way to delete files older than 14 days:

Const sFolder = "F:\Data"
Const iRetention = 14  'Retention period in days
Const bDebug = True
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set oFolder = oFSO.GetFolder(sFolder)

PurgeFolder oSubFolder

Sub PurgeFolder(oFldr)
  For Each oFile In oFldr.Files
    If DateDiff("d", oFile.DateCreated, Now) > iRetention Then
      If bDebug Then 
        WScript.Echo "Deleting", oFile.Path
      Else
        oFile.Delete
      End If
    End If
  Next

  For Each oSubfldr In oFldr.SubFolders
    PurgeFolder oSubfldr
  Next
End Sub
    • Written June 02, 2011 
      I wish the discussion editor would preserve line breaks . . .