Batch file to delete files older than N days

Question

I am looking for a way to delete all files older than 7 days in a batch file. I\'ve searched around the web, and found some examples with hundreds of lines of code, and oth

Answer 1

Use forfiles.

There are different versions. Early ones use unix style parameters.

My version (for server 2000 - note no space after switches)-

forfiles -p"C:\what\ever" -s -m*.* -d -c"cmd /c del @path"

To add forfiles to XP, get the exe from ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/ResKit/y2kfix/x86/

and add it to C:\WINDOWS\system32