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--- computing:windows:del_files_older [2011/11/07 12:59]
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+++ computing:windows:del_files_older [2011/11/07 13:10] (current)
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-====== Delete Files Older Than ======
+====== Delete Files Older Than X Days on Windows======
 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/51054/batch-file-to-delete-files-older-than-n-days
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 http://forums.devshed.com/windows-help-34/deleting-files-older-than-14-days-using-batch-file-script-364137-2.html
-This will delete all files in my backup directory older than 3 days:
+This will delete all files in a backup directory older than 3 days:
 <file>
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 </file>
-Syntax for Windows 2008:
+To test it first, this will print out each file that you will be deleting:
 <file>
-forfiles /P "C:\Mysql_backup" /S /M *.sql /D -30 /C "cmd /c del @PATH"
+forfiles -p z:\backup -s -m *.* -d -3 -c "cmd /C Echo 0x22@Path\@File0x22"
 </file>
-To test it first, use this:
+Syntax for Windows 2008:
 <file>
-forfiles -p z:\backup -s -m *.* -d -3 -c "cmd /C Echo 0x22@Path\@File0x22"
+forfiles /P "C:\Mysql_backup" /S /M *.sql /D -30 /C "cmd /c del @PATH"
 </file>
-This will print out each file that you will be deleting.

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