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bobrivers · Nov 8th, 2005, 7:01 AM

Is there any way to obtain the creation date of a file.

I am aiming to automate the deletion of files that were created before a certain date.

Is this possible?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

sinix · Nov 8th, 2005, 7:08 AM

depend on your OS,you can use API on windows or SystemCall on Linux.I just know there is ,don't know what is.

bobrivers · Nov 8th, 2005, 7:13 AM

Having just posted the question I realised that a few technical details may be of use:

The script is written in a .bat file (windows scripting) and run a Windows 2000 machine

jim mcnamara · Nov 9th, 2005, 10:24 AM

Note: UNIX does NOT keep creation times for files.

http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sou...-2.5-1-bin.zip

is the location for stat.exe for Windows. This gives you file time information.
There is no windows command line utility that gives you all the file information stat.exe can give.

Anyway, it's a start, but I don't see how you are going to write a DOS batch script that will identify files older than a certain date relative to today's date.
For example: files older than 30 days. Play with stat.exe and see if it can help you.

bobrivers · Nov 10th, 2005, 4:43 AM

Thanks for the link. Just "installed" it and had a play it looks good.

Thanks Again

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bobrivers Newbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Delete File Before a Certain date Is there any way to obtain the creation date of a file. I am aiming to automate the deletion of files that were created before a certain date. Is this possible? Any help would be greatly appreciated

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Nov 8th, 2005, 7:08 AM	#2
sinix Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: China Posts: 47 Rep Power: 0	depend on your OS,you can use API on windows or SystemCall on Linux.I just know there is ,don't know what is.

Nov 8th, 2005, 7:13 AM	#3
bobrivers Newbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Having just posted the question I realised that a few technical details may be of use: The script is written in a .bat file (windows scripting) and run a Windows 2000 machine

Nov 9th, 2005, 10:24 AM	#4
jim mcnamara Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 228 Rep Power: 4	Note: UNIX does NOT keep creation times for files. http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sou...-2.5-1-bin.zip is the location for stat.exe for Windows. This gives you file time information. There is no windows command line utility that gives you all the file information stat.exe can give. Anyway, it's a start, but I don't see how you are going to write a DOS batch script that will identify files older than a certain date relative to today's date. For example: files older than 30 days. Play with stat.exe and see if it can help you.

Nov 10th, 2005, 4:43 AM	#5
bobrivers Newbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for the link. Just "installed" it and had a play it looks good. Thanks Again

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