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    I'm running the following powershell in a Administrator: Windows Powershell ISE 

    $dow = (Get-Date).dayofweek
$deldate = (Get-Date).AddDays(-7)
Set-Location C:
$logbkupdir = "Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem::\\servername\backups\sqlinstance\logs\"

Get-ChildItem -Path $logbkupdir -Recurse -Include *.bak |Where{$_.CreationTime.Date -eq [datetime]::Today.AddDays(-7)} | Remove-Item -WhatIf

    It doesn't return an error when I click Run Script. It just shows the following in the console:

    PS D:\> D:\Untitled.ps1
PS C:\Windows\system32>

    Even when I remove the -WhatIf, the files are not deleted.

    I have also tried adding select-object -first 1 at the end and nothing.

    Get-ChildItem -Path $logbkupdir -Recurse -Include *.bak | Where{$_.CreationTime.Date -eq [datetime]::Today.AddDays(-7)} | Select-Object -First 1

    What am I doing wrong?

    Thank you.


    • Edited by Ami2013 Monday, March 5, 2018 4:29 PM
    Monday, March 5, 2018 4:29 PM

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    No - we use "EQ" on the Date to match all files from that day.

    Run this at a prompt.  The link you posted is an old issue and you are not running batch at the console.

    Get-ChildItem -Path \servername\backups\sqlinstance\logs\*.bak -Recurse  |
         Where{$_.CreationTime.Date -eq [datetime]::Today.AddDays(-7)}

    Be sure you are targeting the correct date:

    [datetime]::Today.AddDays(-7).Date

    Is that the date you want?

    \_(ツ)_/

    • Marked as answer by Ami2013 Monday, March 5, 2018 5:52 PM
    Monday, March 5, 2018 5:27 PM

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    Obviously there are no files for that day.

    Also:

    $logbkupdir = "Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem::\\servername\backups\sqlinstance\logs\"

    Is bogus.

    $logbkupdir ='\\servername\backups\sqlinstance\logs\*'

    \_(ツ)_/

    Monday, March 5, 2018 4:41 PM
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    There are a lot of files with *.bak files with dates 2/25/2018 and 2/26/2018 in that folder. So, I don't think that is an issue.

    When I have $logbkupdir ="\\servername\backups\sqlinstance\logs\"

    I get error "Cannot Find Path '\\servername\backups\sqlinstance\logs\' because is does not exist. That is the reason, I added Filesystem:: per discussion here.


    Monday, March 5, 2018 5:14 PM
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    I think you want less than (-lt) instead of equal (-eq) for the date.

    Monday, March 5, 2018 5:23 PM
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    No - we use "EQ" on the Date to match all files from that day.

    Run this at a prompt.  The link you posted is an old issue and you are not running batch at the console.

    Get-ChildItem -Path \servername\backups\sqlinstance\logs\*.bak -Recurse  |
         Where{$_.CreationTime.Date -eq [datetime]::Today.AddDays(-7)}

    Be sure you are targeting the correct date:

    [datetime]::Today.AddDays(-7).Date

    Is that the date you want?

    \_(ツ)_/

    • Marked as answer by Ami2013 Monday, March 5, 2018 5:52 PM
    Monday, March 5, 2018 5:27 PM
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    Yes, that is the date I want. Last Monday (2/26/2018).

    And this seems to work - weird since this seems to just include *.bak to the -Path.

    Get-ChildItem -Path \servername\backups\sqlinstance\logs\*.bak -Recurse  |
         Where{$_.CreationTime.Date -eq [datetime]::Today.AddDays(-7)} | Remove-Item -WhatIf

    list out all the filesL

    What if: Performaing the operation "Remove File" on target "\\servername\backups\sqlinstance\db1.bak".

    What if: Performaing the operation "Remove File" on target "\\servername\backups\sqlinstance\db1.bak".

    etc.

    Thank you so much.

    Next - run it from SQLAgent and make it dynamic.


    • Edited by Ami2013 Monday, March 5, 2018 5:52 PM
    Monday, March 5, 2018 5:52 PM
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    I'm not sure why it doesn't work using the -include.  I know if you don't do -recurse, -include won't work without a wildcard in -path.

    Monday, March 5, 2018 6:28 PM