Thread: Stripping Files out of Dirs

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    Stripping Files out of Dirs

    Hey,
    I am looking to create a program/script that will go through 1 directory and look for the file extension .jpg . Now, this directory will have subdirectories and I need the program to be able to read and parse through those as well.
    I tried something in VBscript, but would like to do the same in C++

    Code:
    Option Explicit
    on error resume next
    Dim FileSystemObj
    Dim FolderPath
    Dim folder
    Dim FileList
    Dim File
    Dim DaysOld
    
    'set how far back to delete
    DaysOld = 30
    Set FileSystemObj = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    
    'set the directory
    FolderPath = "C:\ImageDir"
    set folder = FileSystemObj.GetFolder(FolderPath)
    set FileList = folder.Files
    
    'test each file's age and delte if older than DaysOld
    For each File in FileList
    If File.DateLastModified < (Date() - DaysOld) Then
    File.Delete(True)
    End If
    Next
    
    '______________________________________________________
    
    'Tidy up
    Set FileSystemObj = Nothing
    Set folder = Nothing
    Set FileList = Nothing
    Set File = Nothing
    This code also deletes the files if they are 30 days old. I need it to be able to do that. However, this script does not go through subdirectories. I kind of pieced this code together from other VB sites and help from others.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks.

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    There are several examples of how to walk the directory tree in the FAQ.
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