windows-batch-file-to-delete-files-older-than-n-days &laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed http://en.wordpress.com/tag/windows-batch-file-to-delete-files-older-than-n-days/ Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "windows-batch-file-to-delete-files-older-than-n-days" Mon, 20 May 2013 02:07:59 +0000 http://en.wordpress.com/tags/ en <![CDATA[WINDOWS BATCH FILE TO DELETE FILES OLDER THAN N DAYS]]> http://doganay.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/windows-batch-file-to-delete-files-older-than-n-days/ Thu, 03 May 2012 10:35:40 +0000 doganay http://doganay.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/windows-batch-file-to-delete-files-older-than-n-days/ To delete files older than NUM_OF_DAYS  days:

forfiles /p "<directory>" /m <file_wildcard> /d -<NUM_OF_DAYS> /c "cmd /c del @path"

- use *.* wildcard for  all files

This one is the recursive version, deletes files in sub-directories matching criteria.

forfiles /p "<directory>" /s /m <file_wildcard> /d -<NUM_OF_DAYS> /c "cmd /c del @path"
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