Private/Remove-OldFiles.ps1
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.SYNOPSIS Remove files in a path that are older than the specified number of days. .DESCRIPTION Remove files in a path that are older than the specified number of days. This function is used by other functions within the module when removing old files. .EXAMPLE Remove-OldFiles -Path "C:\Windows\Temp" -Days 60 -Recurse Removes all files older than 60 does in C:\Windows\Temp with recursion to clean subfolders. #> function Remove-OldFiles { [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess, ConfirmImpact = 'Medium')] [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSUseSingularNouns')] param ( # The path containing files to remove [string] $Path, # How many days worth of logs to retain (how far back to filter) [int16] $Days = 60 ) begin { } process { Write-Verbose -Message "Finding and removing files older than $Days." Get-ChildItem -Path $Path -Recurse | Where-Object { $_.CreationTime -le ([datetime]::Now.AddDays( -$Days )) } | Remove-Item } end { } } |