So I had to create a batch file that RAN a build script and created a unique directory then copied files to that directory during each run. What I need to do now is add to the script so that it looks for all the directories in that are more that 4 days old and delete them. How would I go about doing this?

The batch is run on a local admin account on a win 2003 server.

date /t command gives: Fri 05/07/2010
format (mm/dd/yyyy)

The directory that it will search in is: Z:\IT\AD&M\CLASSMate\ESD\

So to sum it up, I need a command that I can add to my current batch file that will check the creation date of all the directories within the "ESD" folder and delete any folder (and it's contents) that are more than 4 days old.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks!

Oh, and not sure if it matters, but all the folder names in that ESD directory will also be in the format of "yyyy-mm-dd hh.mm". Every time the build script is run, it creates a directory with the date and time it was run as the folder name and places the files in there. So it's the old builds that I need to get rid of after a little time.http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2007/09/24/deltree-command-replacement-in-windows-2000-or-windows-xp/


Deltree Command Replacement in Windows 2000?

"Just a short tip for today. I was required to create a batch to automatically
remove a directory as well as all of its subdirectories and contained files.
I remembered many years ago when I was using Windows 98, I could use the “deltree”
command to delete a folder and everything in it.

I launched command prompt(DOS), and typed “deltree /?”
to display all the commands for deltree because I couldn’t remember
the deltree parameters. I was QUITE embarrassed to see the error
message “deltree is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.” It seems that the deltree command is no
longer used."

Reference:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/324267/batch-file-to-delete-files-older-than-a-specified-date/1180746#1180746


I have not tested the following code:


Code: [Select]@echo off
SET OLDERTHAN=%1
IF NOT DEFINED OLDERTHAN GOTO SYNTAX

echo >> ~~~FILES_TO_KEEP.TXT~
for /f "tokens=*" %%a IN ('xcopy *.pdf /d:%1 /L /I null') do if exist %%~nxa echo %%~nxa >> ~~~FILES_TO_KEEP.TXT~
for /f "tokens=*" %%a IN ('xcopy *.pdf /L /I /EXCLUDE:~~~FILES_TO_KEEP.TXT~ null') do if exist "%%~nxa" del "%%~nxa"
del ~~~FILES_TO_KEEP.TXT~

GOTO END

:SYNTAX
ECHO.
ECHO USAGE:
ECHO DELOLD mm-dd-yyyy
ECHO Where mm-dd-yyyy is the date prior to which you want to delete files.
ECHO.
ECHO EX: "DELOLD 10-17-2008" Deletes files older than October 17, 2008.
ECHO.
ECHO This should work on any language version of Windows, but has only been
ECHO tested in English-US versions.
GOTO END

:END Quote from: marvinengland on May 07, 2010, 11:33:16 AM

http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2007/09/24/deltree-command-replacement-in-windows-2000-or-windows-xp/


Deltree Command Replacement in Windows 2000?

"Just a short tip for today. I was required to create a batch to automatically
remove a directory as well as all of its subdirectories and contained files.
I remembered many years ago when I was using Windows 98, I could use the “deltree”
command to delete a folder and everything in it.

I launched command prompt(DOS), and typed “deltree /?”
to display all the commands for deltree because I couldn’t remember
the deltree parameters. I was quite embarrassed to see the error
message “deltree is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.” It seems that the deltree command is no
longer used."

I created this little bit of code;

evaluate.vbs contains the following code...
Code: [Select]Wscript.echo eval(WScript.Arguments(0))

Got it, this is what I used:

Code: [Select]forfiles /m * /d -4 /c "cmd /c if @isdir==TRUE rd /s /q @file"
So this will look at the current directory I am in when the command is called and it will check all directories (and only directories) for the folder date and determine if it's more than 4 days old, if so, it will delete that folder.