Delete all files and folders in a specific directory older than 1 day except one folder with bat file using forfiles

Asked Jun 24 '15 at 09:25

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I want to delete all folders, subfolders and files older than ome day in a specific directory and leave one folder untouched with the forfiles like the command below:

forfiles /p "C:\path\tocheck" /s /m *.* /c "cmd /c for /d %%i in (C:\path\tocheck\\*) do if /i not "%%~nxi"=="foldernottobedeleted" rd /s /q "%%i"" /D -1

The command above deletes everything except the one file I want to keep included and the files that are new, it skips the /d parameter.Where am I wrong?

edited Sep 16 '15 at 14:28

Chenmunka

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asked Jun 24 '15 at 09:25

chr

Have you considered using PowerShell to do this ? – Ob1lan Jun 24 '15 at 09:28
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possible duplicate of using FORFILES in batch to delete tmp and bak files older than a week – Dave Jun 24 '15 at 09:30

Delete all files and folders in a specific directory older than 1 day except one folder with bat file using forfiles

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