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Delete files older than 365 days

I must delete IIS *.log files in  older than 365 days.

D:\Logs
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-W3SVC1
-W3SVC2
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-W3SVC33


daily-delete-logfiles-older-than-365-days.cmd

:: Daily delete log files older than 365 days
:: Created on: 20161120
:: Created by:
:: Last modified on:
:: Last modified by:
:: History:

SET DIRLOG=E:\_scripts\Logs\
:: Echo @path to test first
:: FORFILES /P D:\Logs /S /M *.log /D -365 /C "cmd /c echo @path @fdate"
:: Delete files
ECHO "Begin" >> %dirlog%daily-delete-logfiles.log
DATE /T >> %dirlog%daily-delete-logfiles.log
TIME /T >> %dirlog%daily-delete-logfiles.log
FORFILES /P D:\Logs /S /M *.log /D -365 /C "cmd /c del @path" >> %dirlog%daily-delete-logfiles.log
ECHO "Finished" >> %dirlog%daily-delete-logfiles.log
DATE /T >> %dirlog%daily-delete-logfiles.log
TIME /T >> %dirlog%daily-delete-logfiles.log
:: END of script


/P : Path to folder
/S: recurse into subdirectories
/M *.log: Match *.log files
/D -365: files older than 365 days
/C: run command
@path: full path of files

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