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RemoveFile_ByTime

Header:	STD.h
Namespace:	avl
Module:	FoundationLite

Removes files older than the specified date/time from a directory.

Syntax

void avl::RemoveFile_ByTime
(
	const atl::Directory& inDirectory,
	const avl::DateTime& inDateTime,
	const atl::String& inMask,
	const avl::FileTimeVariant::Type& inTimeVariant,
	const avl::FileNameFilter::Type& inMaskType,
	bool inRecursive,
	bool inRemoveDirectories,
	atl::Array<atl::File>& outRemoved
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
inDirectory	const Directory&		Directory from which the files will be deleted
inDateTime	const DateTime&		Date/time
inMask	const String&	\"*\"	Filter pattern
inTimeVariant	const FileTimeVariant::Type&	ModificationTime	Variant of the time attribute to use
inMaskType	const FileNameFilter::Type&	Wildcard	Filter type to use with the mask
inRecursive	bool	False	Process subdirectories recursively
inRemoveDirectories	bool	True	Specifies whether to also delete directories that become empty after files are deleted from them
outRemoved	Array<File>&		List of actually deleted entries

Remarks

inMask pattern string

Port inMask specifies wildcard pattern that selects files this filter will operate on. Supported wildcards:

* - any string of characters, including no characters
? - exactly one character

You can use any expression like examples below:

Examples:

* - all files,
*.jpg - files only with extension .jpg,
Filename.* - files with name "Filename" and any extension, including no extension e.g. "Filename."
Filename.?? - files with name "Filename" and two letter extension,

Using regular expressions

When port inMaskType is set to Regex, the inMask port is interpreted as a regular expression pattern rather than a wildcard. The ECMAScript regular expression grammar is used. See some examples of regular expression patterns below:

Regex patterns examples:

.* - all files,
.*\.jpg - files only with extension .jpg,
Filename\..* - files with name "Filename" and any extension, including no extension e.g. "Filename."
Filename\..{2} - files with name "Filename" and two letter extension,

Specifying the time

The inDateTime port must be set to a DateTime object with the unixTime field set to the desired value. MakeDateTime filter can be used to create such an object.