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posted by goodfth

09-09-2010

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Generic Delete Directory Contents

########################################################## 
# 
# Script to delete temporary files. 
# 
# Required parameter: -Path (positional too) 
#     path of directory containing files to be deleted 
# 
########################################################## 
 
Param( 
    [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true)] 
    [string]$path 
) 
 
$rundate = Get-Date 
$logfile = ".\DeleteDirectoryContents.log" 
$msgSuccess = "$rundate - Contents of $path deleted." 
$msgFailProtected = "$rundate - Path $path contains protected directory. Deletion terminated." 
$msgPathNotExist = "$rundate - Path $path does not exist." 
 
function WriteLog([string]$logentry) { 
    Out-File -FilePath $logfile -InputObject $logentry -Append 
    $logfile.Close 
} 
 
switch -wildcard ($path){ 
 
    # Excludes common directories that should not be deleted 
     
    "C:\" {WriteLog($msgFailProtected); break} 
    "\" {WriteLog($msgFailProtected); break} 
    "*.\*" {WriteLog($msgFailProtected); break} 
    "\\*" {WriteLog($msgFailProtected); break} 
    "*..\*" {WriteLog($msgFailProtected); break} 
    "env*" {WriteLog($msgFailProtected); break} 
    "HK*" {WriteLog($msgFailProtected); break} 
    "*Win*" {WriteLog($msgFailProtected); break} 
    "*Program*" {WriteLog($msgFailProtected); break} 
    "*Users*" {WriteLog($msgFailProtected); break} 
    "*Inetpub*" {WriteLog($msgFailProtected); break} 
    "*IIS*" {WriteLog($msgFailProtected); break} 
    "*Perflogs*" {WriteLog($msgFailProtected); break} 
             
    default {if(Test-Path $path){ 
                Remove-Item -Path $path\*.* -Recurse -Force; WriteLog($msgSuccess) 
                } 
            else{ 
                WriteLog($msgPathNotExist) 
                } 
            } 
} 

This script deletes files from a directory path passed into it as a parameter and excludes some well known directories from being processed. The script also includes some simple logging to a file with the date/time it was executed and what path files were deleted from.