Script to archive data no accessed since X year

[mrbios]

Does anyone have an archiving scripts they could give me which can be used to archive everything within a folder that hasn't been accessed? (i need one that specifically goes by the last date accessed rather than modified)

 

I'm assuming it'll be doable with robocopy, but I'm just not sure of the flags required. If someone could explain the setup of the script as well rather than just dumping a script on my lap that would be very appreciated

[cscc]

I believe the MINLAD switch is minimum last accessed date. So for example:

 

Robocopy "SourceFolder" "DestinationFolder" /E /minlad:365

 

Would copy things that haven't been accessed for a year or older.

 

Robocopy | SS64.com

[penfold]

I've just been going through some of our shared files and have hit a bit of a snag (well bit more than that) I've just been informed that we have some software which has stopped working due to not being able to find some files. Now it turns out the reason is I've archived files which haven't been accessed for over 5 years which these files apparently haven't been. For some reason the last accessed time is the same as created but the modified date is much later (within the last month). Now I've got a problem as all the archived data I've moved based on last accessed time and now I'm not sure if this is accurate. Any ideas why the last accessed time is out?

[penfold]

OK just realised I should have used minlad as outlined above for last modified date and not used minlad for last accessed date. Thats a whole new scripts I've got to update

[mrbios]

ooo lots of my old threads being necrod today

 

It's also worth noting that by default starting with server 2008R2 files in a share don't automatically update the last modified date. That was a snag i hit, seems there's a registry setting for it. (Note: I'm remembering something from a year ago, so that may not be entirely accurate, but it was along those lines)

[penfold]

ooo lots of my old threads being necrod today

 

It's also worth noting that by default starting with server 2008R2 files in a share don't automatically update the last modified date. That was a snag i hit, seems there's a registry setting for it. (Note: I'm remembering something from a year ago, so that may not be entirely accurate, but it was along those lines)

 

This is exactly what I am doing - archiving shared files. I'm now having to re-test my scripts and I assume I can use MINAGE & MINLAD as a switch so I can skip any files either Modified OR accessed within the last 5 years.