I would like to create a target that cleans log files older than 7 days old in a specific folder. I get an error when I try to put in a \"date\" element inside a fileset. How ca
What about something like:
<tstamp>
<format property="last.week" pattern="MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm" locale="en,UK" offset="-7" unit="day"/>
</tstamp>
<echo>Delete backups before ${last.week}</echo>
<delete>
<fileset dir="${dst.dir}">
<date datetime="${last.week}" when="before"/>
</fileset>
</delete>
It seems to work for me :-)
I don't see any documentation for using the "date" element. You might consider something like this:
<fileset id="thelogs" basedir="${StageIISRoot}/MySite/App_Data/ErrorLog">
<include name="*.xml" />
</fileset>
And then reference that fileset later in a loop that checks the file date and deletes:
<foreach item="File" property="filename">
<in>
<items refid="thelogs" />
</in>
<do>
<if test="${timespan::get-days(datetime::now() - file::get-last-write-time(filename)) >= 7}">
<delete file="${filename}" />
</if>
</do>
</foreach>