Scipt task to loop through subfolders in a folder - Help PLZ

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Scipt task to loop through subfolders in a folder - Help PLZ

Aparna-1

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February 8, 2010 at 6:58 pm

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hi all,
can some one help me to write a script task to loop through subfolders in a folder and delete any folders older than current date id. I am not a .NET programmer but a SQL developer
Say I have a datasource directory with the following subdirectories
20100204
20100205
20100208
20100209
I haev to delete all the folders from 20100204 to 20100208.
using For each file enumerator by checking traverse subfolder I do not think is a good option as it will traverse through all the files. Is there some other SSIS inbuilt task that i can use?

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jdgonzalez@jdandrachel.com Hall of Fame Points: 3161 More actions · Answer 1

I would still consider trying the for each file enumerator along with a script task. I've deleted thousands of files in just a few minutes. The first time it runs it takes a bit longer than the rest but that's only because it had many more file to delete.

Dim daysToKeep As Int32

Dim fileToDelete As String

Dim compareDate As Date

Dim dateDiff As TimeSpan

compareDate = File.GetCreationTime(Dts.Variables("fileName").Value.ToString())

dateDiff = System.DateTime.Now.Subtract(compareDate)

daysToKeep = CInt(Dts.Variables("daysToKeep").Value.ToString())

fileToDelete = Dts.Variables("fileName").Value.ToString()

If dateDiff.Days > daysToKeep Then

File.Delete(fileToDelete)

End If

Dts.TaskResult = Dts.Results.Success

The above script only deletes files that are older than x number of days.

Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 246985 More actions · Answer 2

This seems to delete files, not folders ...

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jdgonzalez@jdandrachel.com Hall of Fame Points: 3161 More actions · Answer 3

Phil Parkin (2/9/2010)
This seems to delete files, not folders ...

You're right. I misread the requirement. I think you could still do directory.delete(some sort of path))

Aparna-1 SSCrazy Points: 2339 More actions · Answer 4

Thanks for the reply. I could not interprete the code very well.

All I am looking for is a .NEt code that would be something similar to

FOR EACH subfolder in the main Folder

GET Folder Name

say 20100204

IF(20100204 < 20100209) where 20100209 is the currentdateid and is stored in a variable

BEGin

DELETE Folder

END

ELSE

BEGIN

move the the contents of the folder with all files to a dataworkingdirectory

END