delete files older than 30 days

delete files older than 30 days

• Teymur Hajiyev

  It will be based on the create date and filename. The filename is yyyy/mm/dd.bak.
  

• MrJavaGuy

  indeed it can be done. In the System.IO namespace there exists a File class (which has a method called Delete()) and also a FileInfo class. you can get the file information of a file and check to see its creation time for example and from that, if its more than 30 days old from the current date, then delete.

  Example:

  Dim theFiles() as String = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles("path")

  for each currentFile as String in theFiles

     Dim theFileInfo as new System.IO.FileInfo(currentFile)

     if theFileInfo.CreationTime ConditionHere then

        System.IO.File.Delete(currentFile)

     end if

  next

   

  does this help It depends on what you want to base your "older than 30 days"

   

  you could try this

  Dim theFiles() as String = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles("path")

  for each currentFile as String in theFiles

     Dim theFileInfo as new System.IO.FileInfo(currentFile)

     Dim dateDiff as TimeSpan = DateTime.Now.Subtract(theFileInfo.CreationTime.Date)

     if dateDiff.Days >= 30 then

        System.IO.File.Delete(currentFile)

     end if

  next

  
  
  

• LAE2

  ive just modified my post for the last example. That should give you the days difference between now and the creation date of the file in question. If its more than or equal to 30 days it will remove it
  
  
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