Const strExtensionsToDelete = "wav,avi,mp3,aac,tmp,bak" Const testMode = True Sub RecursiveDeleteByExtension(ByVal strDirectory, strExtensionsToDelete) Dim objFolder, objSubFolder, objFile Dim strExt Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(strDirectory) For Each objFile in objFolder.Files For Each strExt in Split(Ucase(strExtensionsToDelete),",") If Right(Ucase(objFile.Path), Len(strExt)+1) = "." & strExt Then wscript.echo "Deleting:" & objFile.Path If Not testMode = True Then objFile.Delete End If 'Exit For End If Next Next For Each objSubFolder in objFolder.SubFolders RecursiveDeleteByExtension objSubFolder.Path, strExtensionsToDelete Next End Sub Dim objFSO Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") RecursiveDeleteByExtension "d:\downloads", strExtensionsToDelete wscript.echo "finished!"
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Recursively Delete Files by Extension Name
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I updated this on 2/28/2011 to comment the "Exit For" line in the first routine.
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