FRSM File Management Task to delete file, not expire

[randle]

Hi,

 

Yes, I know I got the letters above in the wrong order. Should have been FSRM doh!

 

I'm trying to setup a Custom task to delete files of a certain age in the folder C:\TestFolder. In this example I want all files older than 1 day to be deleted, not moved.

 

I've created a script: C:\Temp\Del.cmd with content: del *.* /s /q

 

File Management Task Action: Custom

 

Executable: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

 

Arguments: /c C:\Temp\Del.cmd

 

Working Directory: Directory to which the file management task applies

 

Command Security: Local System

 

Condition: 1 day since file was created

 

This is working fine, however, It deletes all files regardless of condition. I'm sure this is because I have *.* in the command path. Obviously I can add arguments in the script for the condition but then you may as well just create a windows scheduled task to run this. Any ideas how I can get the script to adhere to the FRSM FMT conditions?

Edited November 22, 2016 by randle

[sonik777]

Hey there,

 

Did you ever get an answer to this question? fast forward 9 years and I'm trying to do the same thing. Delete files after 60day retention.

 

Thanks

Will

[jamiet147]

There is a portable app called delage64.exe (https://www.horstmuc.de/wbat32.htm) that I use to do this. Below are a few examples.

 

To delete any files ending .BAK which are older than 5 days:

 C:\Software\delage64.exe "E:\SBBackups\Daily\*.BAK" 5 

To delete any files which are older than 7 days:

 C:\Software\delage64.exe "C:\Windows\TEMP\*.*" 7