Delete older than (xy) deletes everything

[keen4000]

I tried to write a script that deletes all files older than 7 days from a directory.

load "G:\BACKUP TEST 7 TAGE"
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filter cutoff:>7days
select all
delete recyclebin=no all

If I execute the script once, all files older than 7 days are deleted. If I execute the script a second time, the newer files are also deleted. I found out that:
- if a directory contains one or more older file -> the older files are deleted correctly
- if a directory contains only newer files -> the whole directory is deleted

Note: the following Knowledge Base article affects this topic, I think I followed the sequence described there:
http://www.scootersoftware.com/suppo...kb_filters.php

[Chris]

Hi keen4000,

Changing your selection to all.files should help with the problem.

Here's the edited script:

load "G:\BACKUP TEST 7 TAGE"
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filter cutoff:>7days
select all.files
delete recyclebin=no all

Please let us know if the change doesn't help.

[keen4000]

Short-term backup

Grrreat!!
Thanks Chris for your solution.
Here is my complete script, it does a short-term-backup which only contains the newest files (newer than 7 days):

# load original and backup directory
load "D:\BACKUP TEST" "G:\BACKUP TEST 7 TAGE"
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# backup new files (only files that are newer than 7 days)
filter cutoff:<7days
sync update:left->right

# delete old files from backup (files that are older than 7 days)
filter cutoff:>7days
select rt.files
delete recyclebin=no rt

# cleanup (delete empty directories)
filter cutoff:none
select rt.empty.folders
delete recyclebin=no rt