10-28-2002
Purge files, keep 3 versions of last 4 days
Hello,
I currently generate a file every 15 minutes for 12 hours a day. I would like to clean the directory on a daily basis. I only want to keep the latest 3 versions for the last 4 days in the directory.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Barbara
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