Logging/Remove-Log.ps1
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function Remove-Log { [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess)] param ( # in order to find the folder to log to we are given the root folder pattern to traverse up to [parameter()][string]$PreferredFolder = 'log', [parameter(Mandatory)][string]$ApplicationName, # cleanup logs older than 5 days (enough for a long bank holiday weekend) [Parameter()] [int] $DaysOld = 5 ) $logFolder = Get-LogFolder -PreferredFolder $PreferredFolder -ApplicationName $ApplicationName $logsToDelete = @(Get-ChildItem -Path $logFolder | Where-object { $_.CreationTime -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-$daysOld) }) if ($logsToDelete) { Write-Host "Removing $($logsToDelete.Count) logs older than $daysOld days" $logsToDelete | Remove-Item -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue 1>$null # error may happen if this is running in parallel with others } } |