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Rogério Arantes
Rogério Arantes

Reputation: 722

Powershell script does not delete old files

I'm creating a script that, among the tasks, deletes log files with more than 10 days. But the files are not being deleted. Follow the code snippet

$LOCAL_BKP = 'E:\prod'
$QTD_DIAS = "-10"
$BACKUP_DATE = Get-Date -UFormat "%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S"
$ARQUIVO_LOG = "$($LOCAL_BKP)\log_backup_$($BACKUP_DATE).log"

Get-ChildItem –Path $LOCAL_BKP -Include *.log | Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime –lt (Get-Date).AddDays($QTD_DIAS)} | Remove-Item -Recurse | Out-File -Append -NoClobber -filepath $ARQUIVO_LOG

Upvotes: 1

Views: 68

Answers (1)

FoxDeploy
FoxDeploy

Reputation: 13537

You're running into this issue because of the way the -Include parameter works for Get-ChildItem. From the help:

-Include <String[]>
    Gets only the specified items. The value of this parameter qualifies the Path parameter. Enter a path element or pattern, such as
    "*.txt". Wildcards are permitted.

    **The Include parameter is effective only when the command includes the Recurse parameter or the path leads to the contents of a
    directory, such as C:\Windows\*, where the wildcard character specifies the contents of the C:\Windows directory.**

Note the second part. -Include only functions if you specify -Recurse or specify * for the path of a directory.

If you change your commandline to this:

Get-ChildItem –Path $LOCAL_BKP\*.log | Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime –lt (Get-Date).AddDays($QTD_DIAS)}

It should work as expected. If it still doesn't, make sure that you do have files older than 10 days present.

Upvotes: 1

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