filmoore54
New Member
Looking for a script that will delete daily backup folders or files. Id like to use task scheduler to run it on a daily basis...
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The thread discusses how to create a script to delete daily backup folders or files using Windows Task Scheduler. The original poster seeks a solution to automate the deletion process but receives a suggestion to use PowerShell's Remove-Item command. They then consider implementing specific commands for folders and files, planning to automate the task by scheduling it daily.
The thread discusses how to create a script to delete daily backup folders or files using Windows Task Scheduler. The original poster seeks a solution to automate the deletion process but receives a suggestion to use PowerShell's Remove-Item command. They then consider implementing specific commands for folders and files, planning to automate the task by scheduling it daily.
Solution
You would need to be a lot more specific.
*POWERSHELL*
Remove-Item -Path 'C:\Somepath' -Recurse
Would be enough to delete the directory C:\Somepath. If it needs to look at MAC times and delete based on that you could do some some simple filtering with Where-Object.
*POWERSHELL*
Remove-Item -Path 'C:\Somepath' -Recurse
Would be enough to delete the directory C:\Somepath. If it needs to look at MAC times and delete based on that you could do some some simple filtering with Where-Object.
Solution
filmoore54
New Member
If I understand it correctly, then the following statements would do what I am attempting...I just have to figure out the variables in order to do it on a daily basis and then create a task to run it...
Folder
Remove-Item -Path 'B:\DBBackups\2021-08-30_22-00-02' -Recurse
File
Remove-Item -Path 'F:\Backup\FullBackup09072021' -Recurse
Folder
Remove-Item -Path 'B:\DBBackups\2021-08-30_22-00-02' -Recurse
File
Remove-Item -Path 'F:\Backup\FullBackup09072021' -Recurse