forfiles scripting problems

[gillwadep]

Hi i am trying to write a script using forfiles to delete some files older than 5 days, list what i have delted and output it to a file. but it dosent seem to work here is what i am using.

 

forfiles /p c:\windows\system32\logfiles /s /d-5 /c "cmd /c echo @patH @filE & cmd /c del @file" > c:gill-delte.txt

 

 

Im not any good at this so any help would be gratefully received.

thanks in advance

[plexer]

Take the echo out and just use the del statement and you'remissing a \ after c: for your log file.

 

Ben

[gillwadep]

Hi thanks ill give that a go. thanks for your help, I though i needed the echo in to make it list content in the file...

[plexer]

I'd expect that output to come from the del command itself and then you are piping it to a txt file.

 

Not near a pc at the moment so can't test.

 

Ben

[bassi2402]

Hi,

I want to delete all directories whose name starts with abc and are x days old. I am using forfiles as below but not getting output. Please help :

forfiles /p location /m abc* /d -x /c "cmd /c IF @isdir == TRUE rd /Q @path"

forfiles /p location /m abc.* /d -x /c "cmd /c IF @isdir == TRUE rd /Q @path"