delete folder and subfolder if is not used (Powershell)

Question

I`m a beginner PowerShell user.

I need a powershell script. It must do:

In

\\routefolders\xxxxx
\\routefolders\jhon
\\routefolders\mike
\\routefolders\sandra
.
.
.
etc...

find files newer than 2 years

if exist some file in \routefolders\xxxxx "XXXXX" (searching in ALL SUBFOLDERS) do nothing

if there is no file newer than 2 years print in a file and delete the folder and subfolders \routefolders\xxxxx

The "XXXXX" folders are user-personal folders, if the user not use this i want to save a log and then to delete this folder

I have this, to delete a specific folder. I need some PS like this:

$RootDir="c:\temp\test"
$Users = Get-ChildItem $RootDir -Name
$FolderToDelete = "subcarpeta1"


foreach ($user in $Users){

  $n = $n +1
  write-host $n $user

  #Remove-Item -path $rootdir\$user\$FolderToDelete -Force -Recurse  
}

Possible duplicate of How to recursively delete an entire directory with PowerShell 2.0? — LuFFy
– LuFFy, Commented May 30, 2017 at 13:07

Ciaran Donoghue · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-30 13:23:37Z

0

You could try something like this:

function Safely-Delete($fileItem)
{ 

    if($fileItem.FullName.StartsWith("your path"))
    {           
        Set-Location $fileItem.FullName
        Write-Host "Removing Item: $fileItem"
        Remove-Item $fileItem.FullName -Recurse 
    }
}

function Remove-File($path, $ageInYears)
{
    foreach($childItem in Get-ChildItem -Path $path)
    {
        if($childItem.Lastwritetime -lt (date).AddYears(-$ageInYears))
        {
            Safely-Delete $childItem
        }
    }
}

$age = 2
Remove-File "your path" $age

answered May 30, 2017 at 13:23

Ciaran Donoghue

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