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10-22-2007
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| | deleting files using a date criteria Hello: how do I delete all files that are 6 months older in a directory of a local or remote server using powershell script? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks! WG |
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10-22-2007
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| | Re: deleting files using a date criteria get-childitem $RemoteShare | where{!$_.PSisContainer -and $_.LastWriteTime -gt (get-date).addmonths(-6)} Brandon Shell --------------- Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/ PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject W> Hello: W> W> how do I delete all files that are 6 months older in a directory of a W> local or remote server using powershell script? Any help would be W> appreciated! W> W> Thanks! W> W> WG W> |
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10-22-2007
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| | Re: deleting files using a date criteria oh.. add -recurse if you want to recurse subfolders as well. get-childitem $RemoteShare -recurse ... Brandon Shell --------------- Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/ PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject BS> get-childitem $RemoteShare | where{!$_.PSisContainer -and BS> $_.LastWriteTime -gt (get-date).addmonths(-6)} BS> BS> Brandon Shell BS> --------------- BS> Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/ BS> PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject W>> Hello: W>> W>> how do I delete all files that are 6 months older in a directory of W>> a local or remote server using powershell script? Any help would be W>> appreciated! W>> W>> Thanks! W>> W>> WG W>> |
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10-22-2007
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| | Re: deleting files using a date criteria On Oct 22, 2:26 pm, Brandon Shell [MVP] <a_bshell.m...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > get-childitem $RemoteShare | where{!$_.PSisContainer -and $_.LastWriteTime > -gt (get-date).addmonths(-6)} > > Brandon Shell > --------------- > Blog:http://www.bsonposh.com/ > PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject > > W> Hello: > W> > W> how do I delete all files that are 6 months older in a directory of a > W> local or remote server using powershell script? Any help would be > W> appreciated! > W> > W> Thanks! > W> > W> WG > W> your current code gets all items *modified in the last 6 months*, not files older than 6 months. - Oisin |
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10-22-2007
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| | Re: deleting files using a date criteria Details... Details...  Thanks for the catch Oisin, This is exactly why I do not ever add the remove-item at the end Brandon Shell --------------- Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/ PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject OG> On Oct 22, 2:26 pm, Brandon Shell [MVP] <a_bshell.m...@xxxxxx> OG> wrote: OG> Quote: Quote: >> get-childitem $RemoteShare | where{!$_.PSisContainer -and >> $_.LastWriteTime -gt (get-date).addmonths(-6)} >> >> Brandon Shell >> --------------- >> Blog:http://www.bsonposh.com/ >> PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject >> W> Hello: >> W> >> W> how do I delete all files that are 6 months older in a directory >> of a >> W> local or remote server using powershell script? Any help would be >> W> appreciated! >> W> >> W> Thanks! >> W> >> W> WG >> W> OG> OG> your current code gets all items *modified in the last 6 months*, OG> not files older than 6 months. OG> OG> - Oisin OG> |
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