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waRmZip - clean up folders by compressing, moving or deleting

waRmZip.wsf v1.7 (Nov 2005)
Utility to clean up/free up space in a folder (and its subfolders),
* compressing files after a certain number of days (with external program)
* rotating files after a certain number of days/above a certain size
* deleting files and/or empty folders after a certain period of time
* moving files to other folders/disks
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Usage: waRmZip.wsf BASE [/ca:value] [/cp:value] [/cpp:value] [/ce:value]
 [/da:value] [/dc] [/df] [/dr] [/ma:value] [/md:value] [/mb] [/ra:value]
 [/rn:value] [/rp:value] [/fo:value] [/fn:value] [/gt:value] [/lt:value]
 [/r] [/nh] [/t] [/v] [/q] [/log:value]

Options:

BASE : base folder where cleanup starts
/ca : compress files after X days
/cp : compress program - command line
/cpp : compress program - command parameters
/ce : compressed file extension
/da : delete files after X days
/dc : delete compressed files too after X days
/df : delete empty folders - only when /r is used
/dr : delete read-only files/folders
/ma : move files after X days
/md : move files to this folder (can be local or UNC)
the following keywords are substituted:
$YEAR: YYYY, $MONTH: YYYYMM, $DAY: YYYYMMDD, $HOUR: HH, $COMP: COMPUTERNAME, $WEEKDAY: 1-7
e.g: /md:F:\backup\$COMP\logfiles\$DAY
/mb : backup mode - do not delete file after moving
/ra : rotate files after X days (creation date!)
/rn : rotate & create new empty file after rotation
/rp : rotation prefix - D:YYYYMMDD
/fo : filter only - only process files with extension
/fn : filter not - don’t process files with extension
/gt : greater than- only process when larger than
/lt : lesser than - only process when smaller than
/r : recursive - also process subfolders
/nh : no hidden - do not process hidden files/folders
/t : test mode - don’t actually process files - just show what would be done
/v : verbose - show debug output during execution
/q : quiet - no output during execution log
/logfile - write output to file
if filename=’D’ use [script name].YYYYMMDD.log as log file
if filename=’M’ use [script name].YYYYMM.log as log file
if no filename given use [script name].log as log file

Examples:

waRmZip.wsf /r “C:\Inetpub\ftproot” /da:7 /df /dr /log:c:\Inetpub\ftp_cleanup.log
clean up FTP folders - delete all files older than 7 days and empty folders, even if read-only
waRmZip.wsf /r /f:.log “C:\WINNT\system32\Logfiles” /da:30 /dc /ca:14 /log:d
compress all log files older than 14 days, delete all files older than 30 days
waRmZip.wsf /r “C:\Temp” /da:1 /df /q
delete all files older than 1 day, don’t show output
waRmZip.wsf “d:\server\log” /ra:7 /fo:.txt /gt:1MB /log:d
rotate all .txt files greater than 1MB created more than 7 days ago
waRmZip.wsf /r /f:.log “C:\WINNT\system32\Logfiles” /ma:7 /md:f:\backup\$YEAR\$COMP\$DAY\IIS
move all log files older than 7 days to folder F:\backup\2004\server1\20040101\IIS
waRmZip.wsf /r /f:.log “C:\WINNT\system32\Logfiles” /ca:14 /cp:”c:\Program Files\7-Zip\7za.exe” /cpp:”a -tzip $out $in”
compress all log files older than 14 days with 7-Zip

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