Delete Old Folders

>>Script Language and Platform: MSSQL/VBScript

This VBScript can be used to delete old folders.

‘Usage: DeleteOldFolder “\Servername1SharenameReplication” “3” “\servername2logDeleteOldFolders.log”

‘Usage: DeleteOldFolder “d:MSSQLBACKUPReplication” “2” “C:mylog.txt”

Author: MAK

‘Objective: To Delete folders older than certain # of days.
‘Created by: MAK
‘Date Written: Jun 4, 2004
‘Usage: DeleteOldFolder “\Servernamed$MSSQLBACKUPReplication” “2” “C:mylog.txt”
‘Usage: DeleteOldFolder “\Servername1SharenameReplication” “3”
	“\servername2logDeleteOldFolders.log”
On error resume next
if isnull(WScript.Arguments(0))=True or isnull(WScript.Arguments(1))=True
	or  isnull(WScript.Arguments(2))=True then
msgbox “Usage: DeleteOldFolder” & “‘\Servername1SharenameReplication’ ‘3’
	‘\servername2logDeleteOldFolders.log'”
end if
Dim Directory
Dim Noofdays
Dim FSO
Dim FSO2
Dim LogFile
Dim Folderlist
Dim folders 
Directory =WScript.Arguments(0)
Noofdays=cint(WScript.Arguments(1))
LogFile=WScript.Arguments(2)
Set FSO = CreateObject(“Scripting.FileSystemObject”)
Set FSO2 = CreateObject(“Scripting.FileSystemObject”)
Set oFSO = CreateObject(“Scripting.FilesyStemObject”)
Set ofile = oFSO.createTextFile(LogFile, True)
ofile.writeline “DeleteOldFolders Started”
ofile.writeline now()
Set Folderlist = FSO.GetFolder(Directory)
Set folders = Folderlist.SubFolders
        For Each d In Folders
‘          msgbox d.name
‘          msgbox d.size
‘          msgbox d.dateCreated
‘          msgbox d.dateLastModified
‘          msgbox d.dateLastAccessed
tempdirectory = Directory & d.name 
‘msgbox Noofdays
‘msgbox datediff(“d”,d.dateCreated,now())
If  datediff(“d”,d.dateCreated,now()) > Noofdays Then
       FSO2.DeleteFolder(tempdirectory )
ofile.writeline cstr(now()) & ”    ” & tempdirectory & ” Delete Started”
if err.number <>0 then
ofile.writeline cstr(now()) & ”    ” & Err.description
err.clear
else
ofile.writeline cstr(now()) & ”    ” & tempdirectory & ” has been deleted”
err.clear
end if
‘       msgbox tempdirectory & ” has been deleted”
       End If
Next
‘msgbox “Done”
ofile.writeline “DeleteOldFolders Completed”
ofile.writeline now()

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