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  • keen4000
    New User
    • Jan 2010
    • 2
    #1

    Delete older than (xy) deletes everything

    I tried to write a script that deletes all files older than 7 days from a directory.

    Code:
    load "G:\BACKUP TEST 7 TAGE"
expand all
filter cutoff:>7days
select all
delete recyclebin=no all
    If I execute the script once, all files older than 7 days are deleted. If I execute the script a second time, the newer files are also deleted. I found out that:
    - if a directory contains one or more older file -> the older files are deleted correctly
    - if a directory contains only newer files -> the whole directory is deleted

    Note: the following Knowledge Base article affects this topic, I think I followed the sequence described there:
    http://www.scootersoftware.com/suppo...kb_filters.php
    Tags: backup, bc2, delete, older, script
    • Chris
      Team Scooter
      • Oct 2007
      • 5538
      #2
      Hi keen4000,

      Changing your selection to all.files should help with the problem.

      Here's the edited script:

      load "G:\BACKUP TEST 7 TAGE"
      expand all
      filter cutoff:>7days
      select all.files
      delete recyclebin=no all

      Please let us know if the change doesn't help.
      Chris K Scooter Software

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        • keen4000
          New User
          • Jan 2010
          • 2
          #3
          Short-term backup

          Grrreat!!
          Thanks Chris for your solution.
          Here is my complete script, it does a short-term-backup which only contains the newest files (newer than 7 days):
          Code:
          # load original and backup directory
load "D:\BACKUP TEST" "G:\BACKUP TEST 7 TAGE"
expand all

# backup new files (only files that are newer than 7 days)
filter cutoff:<7days
sync update:left->right

# delete old files from backup (files that are older than 7 days)
filter cutoff:>7days
select rt.files
delete recyclebin=no rt

# cleanup (delete empty directories)
filter cutoff:none
select rt.empty.folders
delete recyclebin=no rt

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