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Batch file to delete files in a dir
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Original Message
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Name: rojanu
Date: August 2, 2006 at 11:56:59 Pacific
Subject: Batch file to delete files in a dirOS: Windows XP SP2CPU/Ram: intel p4 1024 Mb ram |
Comment: Hi I am trying to get a batch file to delete files which has dates older than 7 days so far I have @ECHO OFF
CLS
FOR /R C:\User_share %%FILE IN (*.*) DO (
ECHO starting if
IF(0 == (ISDATE %%~zFILE before TODAY -7))
DEL %%FILE
)
Thanks
but when I run I get
%%FILE was unexpected at this time.
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Response Number 3
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Name: rojanu
Date: August 2, 2006 at 13:20:12 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I actually downloaded from here
[url]http://home.mnet-online.de/horst.muc/[/url]
and info they give is
IsDate compares two dates, including date tags of files and directories, TODAY. Date format acc. to COUNTRY. Optional difference (plus/minus days).
Example: IsDate C:\arc\foo.txt before today-7 The result (TRUE/FALSE) is returned by errorlevel. Features: LFN support (Win9x/2000/XP)
Comparison operators: [not] =, equal, before, after
Default or custom date format
Internal calculation of day count since Jan 1, 1901 (up to 2079)
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Response Number 4
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Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: August 2, 2006 at 14:39:17 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Your FOR statement needs: %%F
or
%%X or any other SINGLE letter; NOT %%FILE
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Response Number 6
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Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: August 3, 2006 at 08:29:28 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)If ISDATE sets errorlevel like it says, instead of this: IF(0 == (ISDATE %%~zF before TODAY -7)) You may need something more like: do (
ISDATE %%~tF before TODAY -7
if not errorlevel 1 del %%F
) Note that ~z is SIZE and ~t is DATE/TIME.
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Response Number 7
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Name: rojanu
Date: August 4, 2006 at 09:51:46 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Now I get
syntax error, file not found or invalid date formatC:\User_share\Inventoryform
RANSLATED.doc
syntax error, file not found or invalid date formatC:\User_share\yedek.doc
syntax error, file not found or invalid date formatC:\User_share\scans\doc.jpg
syntax error, file not found or invalid date formatC:\User_share\scans\doc.zip
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Response Number 8
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Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: August 4, 2006 at 19:43:44 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Send me ISDATE and I'll try to figure it out.
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Response Number 10
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Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: August 7, 2006 at 12:50:29 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Take a look at this: ::== i5.bat
@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion for /f %%F in ('dir/b') do (
echo %%F
ISDATE %%F before TODAY
echo !errorlevel!
echo ===================
)
:: DONE
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Response Number 11
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Name: acs-crew
Date: September 22, 2006 at 04:48:08 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Hey everybody Did you solve the problem? If you did, could you please post the whole code... I've got nearly the same problem and i think your resolution is even better then mine. Cheers
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Response Number 14
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Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: September 22, 2006 at 06:31:13 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)LOL is "lots of luck" intended as a lament. The OP [original poster] never did say whether it got solved. Since this thread is about to expire, you may want to start a new one.
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