Solved Batch file counting dates compare

[Sygron]

Hello everyone,

Don`t know for sure if this is the correct place to put this question just tell me where else

I have a problem with a batch file.
I made a file that renames files to the date when I log off.
But I also want to let it clean files that are older than a month.
I thought I was able to make it happen just take the month minus 1 and compare names.

Although seems I can`t do a minus one in batch, searched alot over the internet.
Does anyone know a different way so I can compare file names to delete old logs?

Hope to hear something soon.

 

[Ztruker]

Here is a good, short tutorial on basic math in Batch files: Batch files - Math

 

[Sygron]

Thx for the help just the site I needed.
Now I just solved my problem in a different way with forfiles.
Works alot easier as it already has a date function in it.

Now I clean the files as followed:
forfiles /p "D:\Logging" /s /m *.txt /c "cmd /c Del @path" /d -30

But again thx for the help will come in handy in the future.

 

[Ztruker]

Very cool. I have never heard of forfiles before and I've been doing this for a long time. The /d is a great parameter.

Thanks for the info.

Edit: Ah, I see forfiles was introduced in Windows Vista. Does not exist in XP or earlier.