Correct, and this way has been working for me, but for some reason I recall seeing an example that did it in a much simpler manner, but I can't find it to save my life. Thought someone else might have seen something on it.
=Blain -----Original Message----- From: The DOTNET list will be retired 7/1/02 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Bryan Batchelder Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 9:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Deletion of old files.... This is what you described: private void DeleteFilesOlderThan20Days() { DateTime TwentyDaysAgo = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-20); DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(@"C:\temp"); foreach (FileInfo fi in di.GetFiles()) { if(fi.CreationTime < TwentyDaysAgo) { fi.Delete(); } } } I don't know of any other way to get the job done. --b Bryan Batchelder eBusiness Consultant ConnectWise, Inc. 813-935-7100 x 425 > -----Original Message----- > From: Blain Timberlake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 8:38 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [DOTNET] Deletion of old files.... > > > What is the cleanest way to delete all files before date X in > a directory? Basically I'm going to set up a timer to clean > out files that are older than 20 days. Up to now what I've > been doing is getting a list of all the files in the > directory and then systematically going through each one, and > looking at it's IO.FileInfo to look at the .CreationTime, do > a comparison and then do a .Delete() if necc. > > Is there a better way to do this? > =Blain > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe > from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at > http://discuss.develop.com. > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
