Solved Move files older than 365 days

[CBHV]

I have a set of files I would like to archive and thing older than 1 year or 365 days. I have been trying to to use the xcopy or move commands but have not been able to to get this to work. Anyone have any thoughts on how to do this in a batch file? Thanks.

 

[Golden]

Hi,

Try ROBOCOPY. Type robocopy /? at the command prompt to see the options. You are probably interested in the /MOVE AND /MAXAGE:n switches.

Example:

robocopy E:\DataFiles Z:\Backup\DataFiles /MOVE /MAXAGE:365

Moves all files in E:\DataFiles that are older than 365 days into Z:\Backup\DataFiles. robocopy commands can be incorporated into batch files just like copy or xcopy.

Regards,
Golden

 

[Kaktussoft]

I have a set of files I would like to archive and thing older than 1 year or 365 days. I have been trying to to use the xcopy or move commands but have not been able to to get this to work. Anyone have any thoughts on how to do this in a batch file? Thanks.

With older than 365 days you mean "not modified last 365 days" or "not created last 365 days"? If you mean "not modified last 365 days" ... do what user Golden told you

 

[CBHV]

That did it had did not know about maxage. Thanks for help Golden.

Hi,

Try ROBOCOPY. Type robocopy /? at the command prompt to see the options. You are probably interested in the /MOVE AND /MAXAGE:n switches.

Example:

robocopy E:\DataFiles Z:\Backup\DataFiles /MOVE /MAXAGE:365

Moves all files in E:\DataFiles that are older than 365 days into Z:\Backup\DataFiles. robocopy commands can be incorporated into batch files just like copy or xcopy.

Regards,
Golden

 

[Golden]

 

[SaxxyLady]

I'm going to disagree with using the switch /maxage. If you want to move files older than 365 days, then the switch should be /minage as you want the move to only occur for files older than 365 days. I just tried myself and maxage actually moving files newer than 365 days from today.

 

[mitchell65]

Did you not realise that this thread is over three years old?

 

[sunk818]

Is there a rule against replying to old threads? The answer is wrong and seems more useful to correct it than to point out the thread is three years old.

 

[Golden]

Sigh..................have a look at robocopy /? at the command line.

 /MAXAGE:n :: MAXimum file AGE - [B][COLOR="Red"]exclude files older[/COLOR][/B] than n days/date.
 /MINAGE:n :: MINimum file AGE - exclude files newer than n days/date.

Read post #4 to se whether the solution worked for the original poster.

 

[sunk818]

Either the op miswrote their question or didn't actually try the solution. He just thanked you for your post but doesn't actually confirm your solution is correct.

If you use maxage switch, it will exclude files that are older than one year. This means only files newer than one year get moved. That's exactly the opposite of what op wants.

Try the solution yourself and you will see maxage is the wrong switch for what the op is asking for (unless the op wanted something different from what s/he posted).

 

[Golden]

Your assuming too much....look at the thread title : Move Files older than 365 Days

Anyway, your making something out of an old thread thats marked as solved, so why don't you move on.

 

[sunk818]

Yup saw the title. This is why I came to this thread from the Google search. Maxage is not the right switch to move files other than 1 year. If the switch excludes those files then they are not part of the eligible files to be moved. Again, try the command yourself. I've asked you twice already but you seem to be ducking me and throwing red herrings my way. Ego in the way?

Seems you rather defend a wrong answer than admit you gave advice that was slightly off. We all make mistakes, nothing wrong with that.

 

[Golden]

:sarc:

 

[darren70]

I came to this via a google search today as I was really struggling with copying data older than x days. Thank you both Golden for the original solution and for SaxxyLady for the /minage clarification.

 

[supra99]

Just got here by a Google search as well--sunk818 is correct, MINAGE is the correct parameter.