Hello, Looking for some help working with FOREFILES for windows 2003 server. I am creating backups on a drive and I would like to use forefiles to go into the drive and delete folders older than 3 days. The backups come in daily, All I want to do is have forefiles delete the folders that are older than 3 days old. I dont want it to go into the folders, I just need the entire folder and its contents deleted if the folder was created 3 days or more. Please any help would be appreciated.

Hello,chekc out this one and the included examples:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753551(WS.10).aspxBest regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Thanks for the reply. But in none of the examples do they show how to delete folders. they talk about files but i am totally lost when it comes to directories. I used to use the older version of forefile to accomplish this, but the format in the new one in server 2003 does not recognize it. unless i am doing something wrong. i believe my old format was forefiles -p D:\backup m/ *.* -d -3 -c "cmd -c rmdir @file s/ q/" this used to look in the directory and delete any folder tha was created 3 days or older. with the forefiles in server 2003 this format does not work. if you can tell what i am doing wrong it will be very appreciated. I am lost thanks

Thanks for the reply. But in none of the examples do they show how to delete folders. they talk about files but i am totally lost when it comes to directories. I used to use the older version of forefile to accomplish this, but the format in the new one in server 2003 does not recognize it. unless i am doing something wrong. i believe my old format was forefiles -p D:\backup m/ *.* -d -3 -c "cmd -c rmdir @file s/ q/"this used to look in the directory and delete any folder tha was created 3 days or older. with the forefiles in server 2003 this format does not work. if you can tell what i am doing wrong it will be very appreciated. I am lostthanks The directory looks likt thisD:\Backup\07082009BackupSo everyday there is a new backup done within D:\BackupI am just trying to get the script to delete any folder inside of "D:\Backup" that is older than 3 days. I am using Windows server 2003, Any help will be appreciated.Thanks

It's pretty late here and I would like to help more (which I will try to in the morning) but have you tried out just using for?for /D %A in ("C:\home\*") do ECHO %A %~tAhttp://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/for.mspxThis walks down the folders from C:\Home and outputs the folder and its date/time modified stamp. I am pretty sure an if statement could be added to do a conditional rd.I imagine we all could whip up some Vbscript pretty easily for this task too. :)

Hi, If you need further assistance, I suggest that you post to the MSDN forum. The support professionals there are better qualified to assist you regarding scripting. MSDN forum http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/default.aspx?siteid=1 Thanks.