powershell date comparision need to delete file - powershell

Question

i have to make powershell file where i need to compare 2 dates and delete folder which is like more than 10 days of last write item . like today is 30 October i need to delete folder where comparision of dates give 11 12 and 13 days
#ChildItem "\\server\Backup" -Recurse | Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime -gt (Get-Date).AddDays.(-30) }
#$fulllist =Get-ChildItem "\\server\Backup\SharePoint Backup\"| Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime -gt (Get-Date).AddDays.(5) }
$fulllist =Get-ChildItem "\\server\Backup\SharePoint Backup\"
#$fulllist =Get-ChildItem "\\server\Backup\SharePoint Backup\" -Recurse | Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime -gt (Get-Date).AddDays.(-20) }
foreach ($fileitem in $fulllist)
{
$filename_big = $fileitem.FullName
#write-host $filename_big
$d = [datetime](Get-ItemProperty -Path $filename_big -Name LastWriteTime).lastwritetime
$d1=(get-date)
#write-host $d
#write-host $d1
$ts = New-TimeSpan -Start $d -End $d1
$ts.Days # Check results\
write-host $ts
if($ts -gt 10)
{
write-host "inside"
}
# Move-Item -Path $filename_big -Destination "\\DBORION\d$\backup"
}
iam comparing two dates $d & d1 and days are greater than 10 that folders should get deleted.
but with output iam getting its going inside for all folders whether its 10 days or 5 days ,please find output
0
00:58:29.2923431
inside
0
13:33:32.4388907
inside
0
07:02:28.0900378
inside
0
03:52:35.3425970
inside
0
00:58:29.4017400
inside
13
13.08:49:05.4930775
inside
12
12.08:49:06.3403154
inside
11
11.08:48:31.4681438
inside
10
10.08:48:18.6859604
inside
9
9.08:49:01.2220544
inside
8
8.08:39:56.7230423
inside
7
7.08:48:15.3242000
inside
6
6.08:49:03.6123002
inside
5
5.08:49:08.5439345
inside
4
4.08:49:06.6188386
inside
3
3.08:49:07.2066345
inside
2
2.08:49:06.2290185
inside
1
1.08:45:07.0454477
inside
0
08:47:24.1939025
inside
ok so i got this
$fulllist = Get-ChildItem "\\Server\Backup\SharePoint Backup\"
$Days = 12
foreach ($fileitem in $fulllist)
{
$filename_big = $fileitem.FullName
$deletedate = (Get-Date).AddDays(-$Days)
$Folderdate = [datetime](Get-ItemProperty -Path $filename_big -Name LastWriteTime).lastwritetime
if($Folderdate -le $deletedate)
{
$filename_big
Remove-Item -Path $filename_big -Force -Confirm:$false
}
}
now my only concern is its asking for confirmation of deletion, i dont want that popup box how to bypass that

Answer 1

I think the problem is that your variable $ts is a timespan. A timespan can never be greater then 10, because it is a number. In your if clause you should use:
if($ts.Days -gt 10)
And some other maybe needfull advices to spare some byte:
when you define your $d variable, this can be done much shorter: $d = $fileitem.lastwritetime - the $fileitem variable itself has the lastwritetime property.
when assigning a function to a variable, there is no need for round brackets: just use $d1 = Get-Date. The brackets are only needed if you want to assign a propery of the function, for example $d = (Get-Date).DayOfWeek.
you could avoid creating the timespan by this: if($d -gt $d1.addDays(-10)). This compares your file timestamp $d with the current time minus 10 days, meaning the point in time exactly 10 days ago.
And to bypass confirmation when you delete files: use the -force parameter.