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Hey, Scripting Guy! Each day we have a program that creates a file with a name similar to this: backup_20050607.bak. How can I delete the previous day’s file?-- JC Hey, JC. Hmmm, a script that goes out and automatically deletes whatever happened the day before. Boy, could we have used a script like that a few weeks ago! Yes, we know. But that’s ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I verify that a certain folder (C:\TestLog) has files in it and, if so, delete all those files?-- DC Hey, DC. Before we begin we should point out that - when using WMI - it doesn’t matter whether or not a folder has any files in it: you can still tell WMI to delete all the files in that folder. If no such files exist ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all the files in a folder, ordered by creation date?-- CL Hey, CL. You know, if we were ambitious and hard-working, we’d sit down and write you a script that uses WMI to return all the files in a folder. That script would grab information about all those files and store that data in a disconnected recordset. We...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I access the files in the folder T:\Act and delete any files that have the string “current” somewhere in the file name?-- SC Hey, SC. We have to admit, the notion of deleting anything current has a certain appeal, doesn’t it? Well, not for the Scripting Guys, of course; after all, our lives are so perfect there isn’t ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the 20 largest files on a computer?-- PW Hey, PW. Having recently returned from a vacation in Europe, the Scripting Guy who writes this column now understands that there are different ways to do things. Some of these would be difficult to adjust to on a regular basis: for example, ordering a soft drink in ...