October 7, 2013 at 4:41 am
hello experts,
i have some error in using "sp_delete_file" Stored procedure. so looking some other option or script to delete files before 8 PM. daily. if some one can design such script please help.
October 7, 2013 at 4:49 am
Zeal-DBA (10/7/2013)
hello experts,i have some error in using "sp_delete_file" Stored procedure. so looking some other option or script to delete files before 8 PM. daily. if some one can design such script please help.
YOu can use maintenance plan wizard
OR
By command shell too see link http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/55728-file-delete-command-prompt.html
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October 7, 2013 at 5:15 am
hi,
maintainenace plan itself uses internally same SP "XP_delete_file", i tried using XP_cmdshell 'forefile...
but it does not facilitate to provide time or hours... only days can be defined.
how to define time or 5 hour before in DEL\Forfiles commands
October 7, 2013 at 5:19 am
Zeal-DBA (10/7/2013)
but it does not facilitate to provide time or hours... only days can be defined.how to define time or 5 hour before in DEL\Forfiles commands
i am not comfotable in command shell on your requirement but yes this can be achieve easilt in Tsql by using " DATEPART function or waitfor delay
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October 8, 2013 at 5:29 am
Look up the powershell commands get-childitem and remove-item, and you should be well on your way.
You may even find a script to do what you want.
Get back to us if you need more help once you've tried it yourself.
October 8, 2013 at 5:48 am
actually i am quite new on this powershell scripting, it seems quite complex on this stage. so i have got following script and modified in my ways replaced hours in place of days. when i executed the same it gave me some } error.
DECLARE @pscmd varchar(1000)
DECLARE @targetpath varchar(8000)
DECLARE @olddays int
DECLARE @extension varchar(5)
DECLARE @cmdstring varchar(1000)
--assigning value to parameters, you can customize as per your need
SET @targetpath = 'D:\Dtest\'
SET @olddays = -6 --pass the Hours with negative values
SET @extension = 'txt'
SET @pscmd = '"& '+
'Get-ChildItem ' + Quotename(@targetpath,'''') + ' | '+
'where {$_.lastWriteTime -lt ((Get-Date).AddHours('+ CAST(@olddays as varchar) +'))
-and ($_.Extension -match ' + QUOTENAME(@extension,'''')+ ') } | ' +
'Remove-Item -force " '
SET @cmdstring = ' ""powershell.exe" '+ @pscmd
exec master..xp_cmdshell @cmdstring
October 8, 2013 at 6:06 am
What's the error you're getting?
October 8, 2013 at 6:14 am
i printed the Tsql fron @cmddtring variable which is actually getting executed at last, kindly find the printed or actual executed text of @cmdstring below, i have not added any double quote just pasting same what i am getting.
""powershell.exe" "& Get-ChildItem 'D:\Dtest\' | where {$_.lastWriteTime -lt ((Get-Date).AddHours(-6))
-and ($_.Extension -match 'txt') } | Remove-Item -force "
below is the error :
Missing closing '}' in statement block.
At line:1 char:83
+ & Get-ChildItem 'D:\Dtest\' | where {$_.lastWriteTime -lt ((Get-Date).AddHour
s(-6)) <<<<
NULL
October 8, 2013 at 6:28 am
You were very close: this needs to be in brackets:
($_.lastWriteTime -lt ((Get-Date).AddHours(-6)))
October 8, 2013 at 7:05 am
cls
$Path = 'c:\temp\'
$RefTs = ([datetime](Get-Date -Format 'yyyy-MM-dd')).AddHours(20) # 8PM
$RefTs
# select and delete files having last write time before RefTs
get-childitem -Path $Path -Filter '*.txt' -Recurse | Where-Object { $_.PSIsContainer -eq $false -and $_.lastwritetimeutc -lt $RefTs } | Remove-Item -Force
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October 8, 2013 at 7:07 am
last time i have excecuted it by removing one (") quote, thought its a multiple " quote issue. and script is executing since yesterday it was not even getting killed, and in task manager i found powershell,exe is runing, should i stop tht exe before executing this modified script?
and please confirm will this script delete files recursively (means in the given path as well as in subdirectories), if not than what to edit so that script will start removing files in subdirectoris as well..
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