Thanks Pegasus, I will give this a shot. If I have any issues I will let you
know via a reply posting.
"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:
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> "Todd Vargo" <tlvargo@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uclsIY86JHA.1424@xxxxxx Quote:
> > Pegasus [MVP] wrote: Quote:
> >> Rich wrote:
> >> > Wow, I think that is like 90% what I'm looking for. Looks like that
> >> > script
> >> > deletes the files out of all subfolders. I only need to have it delete
> >> > files
> >> > of MaxAge out of specifically named subfolders, like Folder1 and
> >> > Folder2
> >> > in
> >> > my example. How could I make it do that?
> >> >
> >> > For instance, under Users, say i have folders named Users000 through
> >> > Users100. Then under each Users### folder there are 12 subfolders,
> > which Quote:
> >> > have subfolders, and buried somewhere in that subfolder mess are two
> >> > folders
> >> > named Folder1 and Folder2. I only want to delete files of MaxAge
> >> > within
> >> > Folder1 and Folder2. Deleting them from any other folder would be VERY
> >> > bad.
> >> >
> >>
> >> You need to make the file deletion process conditional upon the name of
> > the Quote:
> >> current folder. Lines [24]/[33] in the script below will do this. Line
> > [08] Quote:
> >> contains a list of folder names that are subject to deletion. Each name
> > must Quote:
> >> be delimited on both sides with a vertical bar.
> >>
> >> [01] '--------------------------------------------
> >> [02] 'This script will delete files that were last
> >> [03] 'updated "MaxAge" or more days ago.
> >> [04] '13.6. FNL
> >> [05] '--------------------------------------------
> >> [06] Const Active = False
> >> [07] Const sSource = "d:\Users"
> >> [08] Const sFolderNames = "|folder1|folder2|folderx|" 'Lower case!
> >> [09] Const MaxAge = 10 'days
> >> [10] Const Recursive = True
> >
> > And remember to set "Recursive" on line [10] to False.
> > (or remove lines 35 thru 38)
> >
> > --
> > Todd Vargo
> > (Post questions to group only. Remove "z" to email personal messages)
> > >
> Hhm, well, not quite. Since the OP says that the named folder is buried deep
> inside his folder structure then "Recursive" should be set to True.
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