"Delete Files Older Than" Batch Script

If powershell is acceptable (should be, as its enabled by default on Server 2008+) try this:

$numberOfDays = 3
$Now = Get-Date
$TargetFolder = “C:\myoldfiles”
$LastWrite = $Now.AddDays(-$numberOfDays)
$Files = get-childitem $TargetFolder -include *.bak, *.x86 -recurse | Where {$_.LastWriteTime -le “$LastWrite”} 

foreach ($File in $Files)
{
    write-host “Deleting File $File” -foregroundcolor “Red”;
    Remove-Item $File | out-null
}

Souce here.

forfiles -p c:\pathtofiles\ -m *.rar -d -5 -c "cmd /c del @path"

Where -5 is the age of the files you want to delete (5 days or older in this case). This script is deleting .rar files - drop the -m *.rar if you want to delete any file type.

If you insist on using batch files, Robocopy.exe is your answer. Its fast (multithreaded) and very robust. For your scenario you can use the following as a guide :

:: Moves dir & files older than 3 days to i:\Destination
:: Wildcards acceptable
robocopy i:\Source\ i:\Destination\ /MOVE /MIR /MINAGE:3 /ETA
:: Removes the destination tree
rd /s /q i:\destination

There is a long list of options, please do robocopy /? to see them all. You can even use it to do incremental backups, scheduling, creating backup profiles, etc.

"Delete Files Older Than" Batch Script

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