Very interesting....
Thanks for the code, I'll give that a whirl and see how it plays
out.
=Blain
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Marsh, Drew
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 2:16 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Deletion of old files....
Blain Timberlake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> 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.
You could use System.Management (WMI), like so:
<codeSnippet language="C#">
SelectQuery query = new SelectQuery("CIM_DataFile", @"Drive='c:' AND
Path='\\your\\path\\here\\' AND CreationDate > '6/1/02'");
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(query);
foreach(ManagementObject dataFile in searcher.Get())
{
Debug.WriteLine(String.Format("{0}:{1}", dataFile["Name"],
dataFile["CreationDate"]));
}
</codeSnippet>
Note: I'm using a literal string for the filter, but you need to escape
path
quotes at the WMI query level. So if you weren't using a literal string
you'd have to have to have "\\\\" for every path separator.
I'd bet that WMI is doing the same looping logic as you would be once it
gets to the specified directory. So while this makes for a lot
cleaner/clearer source code, it probably adds a lot of undue overhead.
It's
up to you to do some performance test and find out what makes the most
sense
for you.
HTH,
Drew
.NET MVP
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