automatic script to delete file

[Hardik]

Hello everyone,
I am currently trying to create a script that can automatically delete the file of an earlier date. I have a surveillance camera that creates files .Avi per 5min continuously. I would like to delete all the files> to 7 days early each morning by double clicks. The problem is that the camera sometimes creates other directories in the original.

The program will delete the files in a directory, but will also see if there are other directories in it, to do the same procedure.
Thank you in advance for any reply.

[JAMES_911]

It is possible to delete files in subdirectories:
del /s *.avi

I do not know what it is possible to compare dates.
With VBS, you can create an equivalent solution, and it is still double-click.

[Hardik]

Is it possible to create one .Bat that:

if there is a / the directory (s), and if they are empty in the directory "D: / camera

example:

D:/camera/
/r132_1 
/r132_2/ 
/blabla.avi
/blabla2.avi

In this case, the .Bat should delete the directory r132_1.

Thank you in advance.

[Expertz]

Try to setup the Scheduled Tasks for the VBScript below. Hope it will help.

WARNING!!!: Make sure to backup your source folder before testing. This script won't place your files into Recycle Bin. Since this script base on date created of the file, you should test to delete your files from its original location. If you copy your files to another location the date created will change to the current date then no file match with your criteria to delete.

'-------------- CleanUp.vbs --------------------
Option Explicit
Dim fso
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
DeleteFiles fso.GetFolder("C:\Test") '<----- Change this folder name to match with your case.
Sub DeleteFiles(srcFolder)
Dim srcFile
If srcFolder.Files.Count = 0 Then
Wscript.Echo "No File to Delete"
Exit Sub
End If
For Each srcFile in srcFolder.Files
If DateDiff("d", Now, srcFile.DateCreated) < -7 Then
fso.DeleteFile srcFile, True
End If
Next
Wscript.Echo "Files Deleted successful"
End Sub
'-----------------------------------------------

[Gusgr8]

Try this - name it 'DelOldFiles.vbs

'DelOldFiles.vbs
Dim objFSO : Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim objOutputFile

'I'd recommend settting strSourceFolder to a 'temporary' folder if this data is important
'Always a good idea when testing "your" version...mine works in my environment, but you never know...
strSourceFolder = "C:\Testing"
Set objOutputFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile("C:\FilesRemoved.log")

With objOutputFile
.WriteLine "==========================="
.WriteLine "Removal summary for " & Date
.WriteLine "=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-="
.WriteLine
End With

'intDel is the number of days old you want to check for. I set it to 1 for testing.
'Change it to 30 in your case
intDel = 1
dtOld = DateAdd("d", -intDel, Date)

ProcessFolder(objFSO.GetFolder(strSourceFolder))

With objOutputFile
.WriteLine
.WriteLine "Process completed at " & Now
.WriteLine "==========================="
.Close
End With

Set objOutputFile = Nothing
Set objFSO = Nothing
wscript.quit

Sub ProcessFolder(strSource)
ProcessFiles strSource
For Each fld In strSource.SubFolders
ProcessFolder objFSO.GetFolder(fld)
Next
End Sub

Sub ProcessFiles(strSrc)
For Each fil In strSrc.Files
'If a file exists that hasn't been accessed in intDel days or more, delete it
If DateDiff("d", fil.datelastaccessed, dtOld) >= intDel Then
objOutputFile.WriteLine fil.Path & " was removed at " & Now
objFSO.DeleteFile fil.Path
End If
Next
End Sub