Hi, I am trying to WRITE a batch file that will find an old file/folder, delete it, and then REPLACE it with a new file/folder? Below is what I have so far, please help:

ECHO OFF

SETLOCAL

 

SET targetPath=C:\scripts\scripts

SET targetFiles=*.doc

SET aMonthBefore=20090609

 

FOR /f %%z IN ('dir /b %targetPath%\%targetFiles%') DO (

  FOR /f "tokens=1-4 delims=/ " %%a IN ('dir %targetPath%\%%z') DO (

    IF "%%c%%a%%b" LSS "9" (

      FOR /f "tokens=1-4 delims=(" %%1 IN ("%%c%%a%%b") DO (

        IF "%%2"=="" (

          IF %%c%%a%%b LSS %aMonthBefore% (

            ECHO Detect file older than %aMonthBefore% ::::: -- %%z -- %%c%%a%%b

          ) ELSE (

            ECHO Defect file newer than %aMonthBefore% ::::: -- %%z -- %%c%%a%%b

          )

        )

      )

    )

  )

)
to find and delete an old file, you can use GNU find for windows. (See my sig, search for findutils)
eg
Code: [Select]c:\test > find c:\test -type f -NAME "file_to_delete" -delete
there are other options also, like find how many days old, etc..