Recently I’ve found myself in a situation where I had to periodically delete files older than 7 days. I could have done it manually, but being busy, I often forgot to do it. The script I’m about to show you is a bit modified than the original, but, the principle is the same. Here I’ve added a posibilty to manually enter the directory name. In your script, you can define it, so it is being run automatically, without your intervention.
Here’s the code :
Function GetOldFile
{
param ($Dir = $(Read-host "Unesi putanju do direktorija")),
($Days = $(Read-Host "Brišem fileove starije od koliko dana?"))
$TargetFolder = $Dir
if (Test-Path $TargetFolder)
{
Write-host "DIREKTORIJ JE :" $TargetFolder -foregroundcolor "Red"
#Write-Host `a `a `a `a `a - odkomentirati ako zelimo da pc speaker vristi 
Write-Host "UPS, krivi folder! Stisni 'Ctrl + C' za prekid - imas 5 sekundi za prekid" -foregroundcolor "Yellow"
Start-sleep -s 5
$Now = Get-Date
$LastWrite = $Now.AddDays(-$days)
$Files = get-childitem $TargetFolder -include *.log -recurse |Where {$_.LastWriteTime -le "$LastWrite"}
foreach ($File in $Files)
{write-host "Brišem file $File" -foregroundcolor "Red"; Remove-Item $File | out-null}
}
Else
{Write-Host "Direktorij $TargetFolder ne postoji! Provjeri path!"}
}
GetOldFile
The questions in the script are in Croatian, but anyone with a little bit of programming experience will be able to change it, because the script is pretty straight forward. But, if you’re lazy as most of us are, here is the translated script