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Tom Kustner wrote:
> 
> Is there some kind of utility that will let us delete files that are,
> say, more than 48 hours old, out of a given directory, or move them to
> a different directory?
> 
> Thanks for any help.  I am under the impression that DOS alone doesn't
> give us this ability.  This would probably be used on a NetWare
> volume.
> 
> Tom Kustner
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Tom Kustner                   Emjay Corporation
> System/LAN Administrator      725 W. Glendale Ave.
> Email: emjay@execpc.com       Glendale, WI  53209-6509  USA
> Any opinions are mine and not necessarily those of Emjay's.

The following is an alternative which may satisfy your requirements.
The ability to automate the selection and deletion or relocation
of files meeting unaccessed criteria is but one of the myriad of
tasks which can be performed by TaskMaster.

TaskMaster was reviewed and recommended by PC Magazine's Network
Edition("Avanti Takes NetWare to Task" - November 22, 1994).  To
quote the reviewer, "TaskMaster is a highly workable utility for
automating network tasks.  Because of its strong resemblance to the
DOS batch language, most NetWare administrators should find TaskMaster
a worthwhile addition to their arsenal of utilities that is easy both
to learn and to use."  LAN Times ("Avanti's TaskMaster Takes NetWare
Servers to Task" - February 27, 1995) called it "a feature-rich product."

InfoWorld recently evaluated TaskMaster generating (according to our
sources) in a HIGHLY FAVORABLE review calling it "indispensable" and
rating it Very Good (just below Excellent - we received dings for our
DOS interface [Windows is in Beta] and dry manual [too much text and
too many examples]).  Watch for it to appear in one of the next issues.

A fully functional thirty (30) day evaluation can be found on
the following forums:

    CIS:      GO LANUTILS (NVENB - Library 17 - Avanti Technology)
    internet: ftp://avanti-tech.com/pub/users/a/avanti-tech/

in the Pk.ZIP archive file:

  taskmstr.zip

  Title   : TaskMaster v1.55 Server Task Scheduler(30DayEval)
  Keywords: AUTOMATE BATCH COMMAND CONSOLE CRON SCHEDULE SHELL TASK
            TASKMASTER AVANTI

  Server Task Scheduler NLM (v3.1x/4.x - bindery emul. req.) with DOS
  batch/Login script type processor featuring extended commands/system
  vars, IF/ELSE, WHILE/LOOP, CALL/GOTO directives, and NOT/AND/OR, ==,
  >, <, >= and <= tests.  Dynamic vars can be read from file, incremented
  & decremented.  Schedules .NCF & enhanced .TSK scripts by date, day of
  month, weekday, time, time past hour & interval.  Adds 20+ commands
  (DIR, DELTREE, FLAG, PURGE, REN, XCOPY...) to Server console (most
  support DOS partition, plus Server-to-Server support).

or visit our WEB Site for more information:

        http://www.avanti-tech.com

Best regards,

Steve Meyer
avanti technology, inc.

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emjay@execpc.com (Tom Kustner) wrote:

>Is there some kind of utility that will let us delete files that are,
>say, more than 48 hours old, out of a given directory, or move them to
>a different directory?

4DOS is a great tool, for far more than this little request, but it's
a complete replacement for COMMAND.COM, and may be more than you want
to get into.

I suggest Keith Ledbetter's SST (Supersonic Search Tool), version
5.3a.  It should be available on any of the Web's shareware search
sites.  Registration is merely $15, but there are no nag screens or
crippled features.

It will search for files older than X number of days, but I don't know
if it compares file times, or just file dates, to determine that. SST
will also start searches in a particular subdirectory (instead of the
entire disk), and can even search specified drive letters.  You can
specify a command line (with macros for inserting filenames and such)
to be run for each found file.

Good luck!


===== Keith G. =====