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I have been using a batch file to delete .zip files in a directory that are older than 2 days old. It has been working very well. However, I would like to modify it so it will delete files older than 5 days old. I really don't understand what this batch file is saying, all I know is that it is working. Could someone help me read this batch file and change it to delete files older than 5 days?
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion set ftsw=Y for /f "tokens=* delims=*" %%v in ('dir /tw /o-d /b /s C:\DBBackup\*Backup.zip') do ( if !ftsw!==N del "%%v" call set ftsw=N ) exit
Name: Razor2.3 Date: August 6, 2009 at 05:54:10 Pacific
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I have been using a batch file to delete .zip files in a directory that are older than 2 days old. No, it doesn't. It deletes every *Backup.zip, excluding the most current file.
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Response Number 2
Name: amiller Date: August 6, 2009 at 07:46:31 Pacific
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I just tested it, it didnt delete all .zip files. kept the most recent one. seems to work for me. I just wish i could understand what the code means. Thanks for your help anyways.
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Response Number 3
Name: Razor2.3 Date: August 6, 2009 at 08:12:11 Pacific
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amiller:it didnt delete all .zip files. kept the most recent one. Yes, that's what excluding means.
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