Question : Script to automatically delete files older than 1 month Windows NT server

We have a NT server which saves logs in a folder E:\Archive
every 3 months the volume runs out of free space and I need to physically come to work and delete old files (3 months back) while keeping logs of the last week.

I'm looking for a way to automatically running a script which will delete the log files older than 1 month so I dont have to delete these files manually anymore.

Answer : Script to automatically delete files older than 1 month Windows NT server

We use the following script to do the same thing, with 7 day deletions and have the batch file run as a scheduled task.

Change the SUBTRACTDAYS 7 to however many days you require.

Lee

                       
         
           
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             @echo off

setlocal

set srcDir="c:\sourcedir"
set dirMask=*.*

if not "%1"=="" set srcDir=%1

if not exist "%srcDir%" echo Directory %srcDir% does not exist.&goto :EOF

call :GETPARTS "%date%

call :SUBTRACTDAYS 7

set cutoffDate=%yy%/%mm%/%dd%

pushd.

cd /D %srcDir%

for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b /s /a %dirMask%') do call :PROCESS "%%a" %%~ta

popd

goto :EOF

:PROCESS

call :GETPARTS %2

REM ** Remove echo from the statement below to enable the actual process
if /i "%cutoffDate%" GTR "%yy%/%mm%/%dd%" del /q %1

goto :EOF

:SUBTRACTDAYS

set dayCnt=%1

if "%dayCnt%"=="" set dayCnt=1

REM Substract your days here
set /A dd=1%dd% - 100 - %dayCnt%
set /A mm=1%mm% - 100

:CHKDAY

if /I %dd% GTR 0 goto DONESUBTRACT

set /A mm=%mm% - 1

if /I %mm% GTR 0 goto ADJUSTDAY

set /A mm=12
set /A yy=%yy% - 1

:ADJUSTDAY

if %mm%==1 goto SET31
if %mm%==2 goto LEAPCHK
if %mm%==3 goto SET31
if %mm%==4 goto SET30
if %mm%==5 goto SET31
if %mm%==6 goto SET30
if %mm%==7 goto SET31
if %mm%==8 goto SET31
if %mm%==9 goto SET30
if %mm%==10 goto SET31
if %mm%==11 goto SET30
REM ** Month 12 falls through

:SET31

set /A dd=31 + %dd%

goto CHKDAY

:SET30

set /A dd=30 + %dd%

goto CHKDAY

:LEAPCHK

set /A tt=%yy% %% 4

if not %tt%==0 goto SET28

set /A tt=%yy% %% 100

if not %tt%==0 goto SET29

set /A tt=%yy% %% 400

if %tt%==0 goto SET29

:SET28

set /A dd=28 + %dd%

goto CHKDAY

:SET29

set /A dd=29 + %dd%

goto CHKDAY

:DONESUBTRACT

if /I %mm% LSS 10 set mm=0%mm%
if /I %dd% LSS 10 set dd=0%dd%

goto :EOF

:GETPARTS

set dt=%~1
set tok=1-3

if "%dt:~0,1%" GTR "9" set tok=2-4

set yyyy=

for /f "tokens=%tok% delims=.:/-, " %%a in ('echo %~1') do (
  for /f "skip=1 tokens=2-4 delims=/-,()." %%x in ('echo.^|date') do set %%x=%%a&set %%y=%%b&set %%z=%%c
)

if not "%yyyy%"=="" set yy=%yyyy%

if 1%yy% LSS 1000 (if %yy% LSS 70 (set yy=20%yy%) else (set yy=19%yy%))
if 1%mm% LSS 100 set mm=0%mm%
if 1%dd% LSS 100 set dd=0%dd%

goto :EOF

           
         