bakCleaner

Deleting old backup files before the backup job commences. Delete Backup Files older than a certain amount of days [...] The program is used to remove obsolete backup files. Date of filing must be stated explicitly in the name of the file. The date is given as a String of Digits with the following structure: YYYYMMDD Example: Arch20090205.bak Arch20090311.bak Program can call with 3 parameters: A string denoting the path where the files are backup copies The archive files used to describe the pattern Allowed are metacharacters * and? Requires a string: YYYYMMDD Integer indicating the number of days of archived files. Today`s date is the basis for the calculation: the file should be removed? Example: C:>bakCleaner.exe "c:/backup" "archYYYYMMDD*.bak" 3 "F:exe filesakCleaner.exe" "c:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Serverackup" "*YYYYMMDD????.bak" 7 The platform runs on Win 32bit and 64bit. It can be run as a step in the job of SQL Server Agent (preferably immediately after executing step with backup proces)