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Name: myguess21
Date: July 15, 2008 at 03:58:07 Pacific
OS: Windows
CPU/Ram: 2003
Product: 2003
Comment:

Hi,

How can I delete files which are older then 15 days from a directory using a batch job.
Resource kit is not installed on my machine.

Thank you.

Thanks



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Response Number 1
Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: July 15, 2008 at 04:14:38 Pacific
Reply:

If you read the last several dozen threads on the subject of 'date math' you'll see that it's not a happy subject.


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If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

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Response Number 2
Name: myguess21
Date: July 15, 2008 at 04:37:05 Pacific
Reply:

I search some posts I didn't find the complete solution so no one has figured it out yet.

second, is there a way to XCOPY by date or last 5 or 10 files. other work short by date/time and copy to another folder.

Thanks


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Response Number 3
Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: July 15, 2008 at 05:10:02 Pacific
Reply:

You can COPY [ or DEL or MOVE] the most recent files. This code keeps the 10 newest.

::=====================
@echo off

FOR /F "skip=10 delims=" %%a IN ('DIR /b /o-d /a-d') DO (
echo DEL %%a
)


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If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

M2


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Response Number 4
Name: myguess21
Date: July 15, 2008 at 06:26:29 Pacific
Reply:

I am getting error:

%%a was unexpected at this time.

am i missing anyting?

Thanks


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Response Number 5
Name: myguess21
Date: July 15, 2008 at 06:34:56 Pacific
Reply:

I fix the error by %%a to %a

thank you for you help.

Thanks


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