Generic script to delete files from a directory

goodfth — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The following is a generic script to delete files from a given directory path passed in as an argument. The script writes out a simple log to the directory from the working directory every time it is run. The script uses a simple switch statement to check for directories that should not

##########################################################

# 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)

}

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Generic script to delete files from a directory