You could purge based on age with FORFILES (built-in). -- Espi
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Paul Hutchings <paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk>wrote: > That will handle the copy part, but it doesn’t seem to do a rolling > purge of what’s on the destination – neither to the /purge or /mir switches. > > **** > > *From:* David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] > *Sent:* 25 January 2012 13:43 > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Robocopy - rolling copy of the last X days?**** > > ** ** > > /MAXAGE:**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 25, 2012 5:11 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Robocopy - rolling copy of the last X days?**** > > ** ** > > This is a little embarrassing as I’m sure I’m missing something obvious > but… how can I use robocopy to copy the last X days of files from source to > destination, so that the destination only ever contains the last X days too? > **** > > ** ** > > I can tell it to ignore the old files in the source, what I simply cannot > fathom is how to make it mirror this to the destination so I only ever have > the last X days worth of files.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > > Paul**** > ------------------------------ > > *MIRA Ltd***** > > ** ** > > Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England**** > > Registered in England and Wales No. 402570**** > > VAT Registration GB 100 1464 84**** > > ** ** > > The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of > the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete > it and notify us either by e-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, > forward or otherwise disclose the content of the e-mail as this is > prohibited.**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin