File Vader

Utility to clean up/free up space in a folder and its subfolders.

• Deleting files or folders after a certain period of time.
• Deleting files with certain extension.
• Supports files over 1GB
• Supports UNC file paths

Overview:

This software frees up a disk space by removing files older than specified number of days. It supports UNC paths and large files. Further versions will support more options.

Prerequisites:

.NET framework 3.5

Configuration:

Software requires 3 parameters

- scan

- ext

- log

-days

Examples:

FileVader -scan "D:\SQLBackup" -ext bak -log "D:\Logs\" –days 2

This command removes all files with extension bak that are found in directory D:\SQLBackup that are older than 2 days

To execute over the network use:

\\appserver\Tools\FileVader -scan “\\appserver\SQLBackup” -ext bak -log \\appserver\Logs -days 0

Here option –days 0 removes all .bak files.

Logs:

22/06/2010 02:56:43 INFO: Found 1 files with extension bak

22/06/2010 02:56:43 INFO: Removing files older than 0 (22/06/2010).

22/06/2010 02:56:43 INFO: File removed: \\appserver\SQLBackup\Default\audit\asdasd.bak

22/06/2010 02:56:43 INFO: Removed 1 files

22/06/2010 02:57:23 INFO: Found 1 files with extension bak

22/06/2010 02:57:23 INFO: Removing files older than 0 (22/06/2010).

22/06/2010 02:57:23 INFO: File removed: \\appserver\SQLBackup\Default\audit\New Text Document.bak

22/06/2010 02:57:23 INFO: Removed 1 files