[thelist] Deleting files in folder
Joshua Olson
joshua at waetech.com
Mon May 23 11:38:12 CDT 2005
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Carter
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 11:09 AM
>
> Looking for an "easy" automated way to delete files in a
> folder that are more than 3 weeks old.
>
> Suggestions appreciated.
Sam,
.NET makes writing Windows Services a snap. There are many things that can
be done as a service OR a scheduled job, but there are definite pluses to
using a service... a few being:
1. it would be hard for other people to modify the code if it was on a
shared server. Scheduling script files can be a Pandora's box.
2. you won't see a shell window on the desktop if you happen to be logged
in locally.
3. if the process runs long, you can more avoid and/or easily manage
overlapping instances.
Plus, there's a lot of cool things you can do with a service that would be
hard with a scheduled job:
1. take advantage of CPU availability if the process is going to take a
while.
2. process file expirations in near real-time instead of running only every
few minutes/hours/days.
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Joshua L. Olson
WAE Tech Inc.
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