also if your new to scripting I'd make the switch to powershell, you
shouldn't have all the mental barriers us vbs guys have!
my .00000000001 cents worth

the equivelant I think would be

ls d:\somedir -rec | foreach {$_.creationtime -lt "01/02/2007"}

if its a remote device then

ls \\servername\d$\somedir -rec | foreach {$_.creationtime -lt "01/02/2007"}



"Walid" wrote:

> Hi,
> I am pretty new to scripting. I found this script from "scripting guy" and
> I want to know how I can echo or even delete files within a specific folder
> (for example D:\folder1\subfolder2\test) for files older than Jan 2nd 2007.
> I thought it would work if I change the line " AND Drive =
> 'D:\folder1\subfolder2\test'"). But this doesn't work. I would appreciate
> any !
>
> Thanks,
>
> WG
>
> strDate = "20070102000000.000000+000"
>
> strComputer = "."
> Set objWMIService = GetObject _
> ("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
> Set colFiles = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
> ("Select * From CIM_DataFile Where CreationDate < '" & strDate & "'" & _
> " AND Drive = 'D:'")
> For Each objFile in colFiles
> Wscript.Echo objFile.Name
> Next
>
>

Thanks for the tip. Is powershell different than VBScripting? I am running
WinXP Pro on my workstation so I believe I have to install it on my machine,
correct? Also, does the remote server that I query by the poweshell command
need to have it installed? As you can see I need some direction :-) Any
regarding this would be much appreciated.

"ls" would echo. What would be the delete command in powershell?

W

"tonyr" wrote:

> also if your new to scripting I'd make the switch to powershell, you
> shouldn't have all the mental barriers us vbs guys have!
> my .00000000001 cents worth
>
> the equivelant I think would be
>
> ls d:\somedir -rec | foreach {$_.creationtime -lt "01/02/2007"}
>
> if its a remote device then
>
> ls \\servername\d$\somedir -rec | foreach {$_.creationtime -lt "01/02/2007"}
>
>
>
> "Walid" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I am pretty new to scripting. I found this script from "scripting guy" and
> > I want to know how I can echo or even delete files within a specific folder
> > (for example D:\folder1\subfolder2\test) for files older than Jan 2nd 2007.
> > I thought it would work if I change the line " AND Drive =
> > 'D:\folder1\subfolder2\test'"). But this doesn't work. I would appreciate
> > any !
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > WG
> >
> > strDate = "20070102000000.000000+000"
> >
> > strComputer = "."
> > Set objWMIService = GetObject _
> > ("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
> > Set colFiles = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
> > ("Select * From CIM_DataFile Where CreationDate < '" & strDate & "'" & _
> > " AND Drive = 'D:'")
> > For Each objFile in colFiles
> > Wscript.Echo objFile.Name
> > Next
> >
> >

yes you need to install it and no the remote server\workstation does not need
it installed!

as a starter I'd go here

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr.../hubs/msh.mspx



"Walid" wrote:

> Thanks for the tip. Is powershell different than VBScripting? I am running
> WinXP Pro on my workstation so I believe I have to install it on my machine,
> correct? Also, does the remote server that I query by the poweshell command
> need to have it installed? As you can see I need some direction :-) Any
> regarding this would be much appreciated.
>
> "ls" would echo. What would be the delete command in powershell?
>
> W
>
> "tonyr" wrote:
>
> > also if your new to scripting I'd make the switch to powershell, you
> > shouldn't have all the mental barriers us vbs guys have!
> > my .00000000001 cents worth
> >
> > the equivelant I think would be
> >
> > ls d:\somedir -rec | foreach {$_.creationtime -lt "01/02/2007"}
> >
> > if its a remote device then
> >
> > ls \\servername\d$\somedir -rec | foreach {$_.creationtime -lt "01/02/2007"}
> >
> >
> >
> > "Walid" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > I am pretty new to scripting. I found this script from "scripting guy" and
> > > I want to know how I can echo or even delete files within a specific folder
> > > (for example D:\folder1\subfolder2\test) for files older than Jan 2nd 2007.
> > > I thought it would work if I change the line " AND Drive =
> > > 'D:\folder1\subfolder2\test'"). But this doesn't work. I would appreciate
> > > any !
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > WG
> > >
> > > strDate = "20070102000000.000000+000"
> > >
> > > strComputer = "."
> > > Set objWMIService = GetObject _
> > > ("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
> > > Set colFiles = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
> > > ("Select * From CIM_DataFile Where CreationDate < '" & strDate & "'" & _
> > > " AND Drive = 'D:'")
> > > For Each objFile in colFiles
> > > Wscript.Echo objFile.Name
> > > Next
> > >
> > >

Thank-you all! This has been very ful!

"tonyr" wrote:

> yes you need to install it and no the remote server\workstation does not need
> it installed!
>
> as a starter I'd go here
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr.../hubs/msh.mspx
>
>
>
> "Walid" wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the tip. Is powershell different than VBScripting? I am running
> > WinXP Pro on my workstation so I believe I have to install it on my machine,
> > correct? Also, does the remote server that I query by the poweshell command
> > need to have it installed? As you can see I need some direction :-) Any
> > regarding this would be much appreciated.
> >
> > "ls" would echo. What would be the delete command in powershell?
> >
> > W
> >
> > "tonyr" wrote:
> >
> > > also if your new to scripting I'd make the switch to powershell, you
> > > shouldn't have all the mental barriers us vbs guys have!
> > > my .00000000001 cents worth
> > >
> > > the equivelant I think would be
> > >
> > > ls d:\somedir -rec | foreach {$_.creationtime -lt "01/02/2007"}
> > >
> > > if its a remote device then
> > >
> > > ls \\servername\d$\somedir -rec | foreach {$_.creationtime -lt "01/02/2007"}
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Walid" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I am pretty new to scripting. I found this script from "scripting guy" and
> > > > I want to know how I can echo or even delete files within a specific folder
> > > > (for example D:\folder1\subfolder2\test) for files older than Jan 2nd 2007.
> > > > I thought it would work if I change the line " AND Drive =
> > > > 'D:\folder1\subfolder2\test'"). But this doesn't work. I would appreciate
> > > > any !
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > WG
> > > >
> > > > strDate = "20070102000000.000000+000"
> > > >
> > > > strComputer = "."
> > > > Set objWMIService = GetObject _
> > > > ("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
> > > > Set colFiles = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
> > > > ("Select * From CIM_DataFile Where CreationDate < '" & strDate & "'" & _
> > > > " AND Drive = 'D:'")
> > > > For Each objFile in colFiles
> > > > Wscript.Echo objFile.Name
> > > > Next
> > > >
> > > >