Batch file to delete files older than N days in Windows command line

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/51054/batch-file-to-delete-files-older-than-n-days
http://ss64.com/nt/forfiles.html
http://ss64.com/nt/syntax-delolder.html

My command is

forfiles -p"d:\logs" -s -m*.log -d-15 -c"cmd /c del @PATH\@FILE"

@PATH - is just path in my case, so I had to use @PATH\@FILE

also forfiles /? not working for me too, but forfiles (without "?") worked fine.

And the only question I have: how to add multiple mask (for example ".log|.bak")?

All this regarding forfiles.exe that I downloaded here: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/ResKit/y2kfix/x86/ (on win XP) But if you are using windows server forfiles.exe should be already there and it is differs from ftp version... that is why I should modify command...

For windows server 2003 I'm using this command:

forfiles -p "d:\Backup" -s -m *.log -d -15 -c "cmd /c del @PATH"

ลิสไฟล์ของพาธ d:\Backup เฉพาะ ไฟล์ที่ลงท้ายด้วย .log และ เก่ากว่า 15 วันแล้ว จากนั้น execute คำสั่ง delete ไฟล์ที่ลิสออกมา ...

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Delete files older than N days

There are several ways to do this

1) Using ForFiles to delete files over 7 days old, the syntax varies slightly according the version of ForFiles your machine has installed:

C:\> forfiles /p "C:\source_folder" /s /m *.* /c "cmd /c Del @path" /d -7

C:\> forfiles -p "C:\source_folder" -s -m *.* -c "cmd /c Del @path" -d 7

C:\> forfiles -p"C:\source_folder" -s -m*.* -c"cmd /c Del @path" -d7

2) Using Robocopy /Move to delete files over 7 days old:

C:\> set _robodel=%TEMP%\~robodel

C:\> MD %_robodel%

C:\> ROBOCOPY "C:\source_folder" %_robodel% /move /minage:7

C:\> del %_robodel% /q

3) Using DateMath.cmd and Getdate.cmd, download DelOlder.cmd

4) With PowerShell delete files over 7 days old:

PS C:\> $now = get-date

PS C:\> dir "C:\source_folder\" | where {$_.LastWriteTime -le $now.AddDays(-7)} | del -whatif