Xp_cmdshell To Delete Files
Jul 26, 2006can I use xp_cmdshell to delete files older than lets say 30 minutes? can anyone show me what the command will look like?
Thanks
Shahab
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Delete 2 Days Old Files - Xp_cmdshell
Apr 18, 2008Folks:
I want to delete files on windows from a directory which are 2 days old. I understand we can do that using xp_cmdshell. Anybody with a script would really help me.
Thanks !
How To Copy Files Using Xp_cmdshell
Nov 18, 2007Howdy, hope someone can help me out with this.I want to run a job each night that copies files from one server to another.I cant even get a simple copy one file from one directory to another,statement to work.When I try :@cmd 'copy c: empfile1.txt c:ackupsfile1.txt'master.dbo.xp_cmdshell @cmdI get the msg: 'c' is not recognised as an internal command, program orbatch file, Null.What I ideally want to do is pass xp_cmdshell variables for the 2 file'spath+names. I have tried numerous variations of single and double quoteswithout success, which is why I decided to work up form the simple 'copyc: empfile1.txt c:ackupsfile1.txt', but can't even get that to work.Any advice much appreciated.
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Feb 23, 2008Hi,
I am trying ti unzip a backup file throguh xp_cmdshell. I am getting this error. It works when I tried manually unzipped.
NULL
C:WINDOWSsystem32>"C:Program Files (x86)WINZIPwzunzip.exe" -ybc -s0Ff$1tE
WinZip(R) Command Line Support Add-On Version 2.0 (Build 7041)
Copyright (c) WinZip International LLC 1991-2005 - All Rights Reserved
NULL
ERROR: missing name of Zip file
Program is terminating!
NULL
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Mt stored procedure :
CREATE PROCEDURE USP_UNZIP
@ZIPFILE VARCHAR(2000),
@BAKPATH VARCHAR(1000)
AS
DECLARE @SQLSTATEMENT VARCHAR(2000)
SET @SQLSTATEMENT =''
SET @SQLSTATEMENT = 'C:UNZIP.BAT "'+@ZIPFILE+'" "'+@BAKPATH+'"'
PRINT 'SQL STATEMENT'
PRINT '-------------'
PRINT @SQLSTATEMENT
PRINT 'MESSAGE'
PRINT '-------'
EXEC MASTER..XP_CMDSHELL @SQLSTATEMENT
Thanks,
-G
SQL Server 2008 :: Maintenance Plan Delete History Trying To Delete Wrong Files
Sep 11, 2015I have some simple files but they are failing because the delete history task is failing as it is looking for files in a non existent directory.
It is looking for files in C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL10_50.INSTANCEMSSQLLog whereas it should be looking in C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVERMSSQLLog
how I can get this corrected so I can get the Maintenance Plans to run correctly.
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PushD "
emoteservershareDIFF" &&(
forfiles -m *DIFF*.sqb -d -1 -c "cmd /c del /q @path"
) & PopD
It works remotely if I run it via command prompt. But when I add this to a TSQL job on my remote SQL instance, it runs without deleting anything. What I'm missing?
Creating CSV Files Using BCP && Stored Procedures:BCP Executed From T-SQL Using Xp_cmdshell-How To Declare The Scalar Variable @@
Jan 24, 2008Hi all,
I tried to create a CSV file using Bulk Copy Program (BCP) and Stored Procedures: BCP executed from T-SQL using xp_cmdshell. I have the following sql code executed in my SQL Server Management Studio Express and error message:
--scBCPcLabResults.sql--
declare @sql varchar(8000)
select @sql = 'bcp ChDbLabResults out
c:cpChDbLabResults.txt -c -t, -T -S' + @@.SQLEXPRESS
exec master..xp_cmdshell @sql
Msg 137, Level 15, State 2, Line 3
Must declare the scalar variable "@@".
=========================================================================================
--scBCPcLabResults.sql--
declare @sql varchar(8000)
select @sql = 'bcp ChDbLabResults out
c:cpChDbLabResults.txt -c -t, -T -S' + @@SQLEXPRESS
exec master..xp_cmdshell @sql
Msg 137, Level 15, State 2, Line 3
Must declare the scalar variable "@@SQLEXPRESS".
===================================================================
I copied this set of code from a tutorial article that says "@@servername". My Sql Server is SQLEXPRESS, so I put @@.SQLEXPRESS or @@SQLEXPRESS in the code of scBCPcLabResults.sql.
I do not know why I got an error {Must declare the scalar variable "@@"} or {Must declare the scalar variable "@@SQLEXPRESS"}!!!??? Please help and advise me how to solve this problem.
Thanks in advance,
Scott Chang
Delete Files
Aug 31, 2006I need to delete all the *.txt file in a specific folder modified date is older than 2 months,. How can I do this in a stored procedure?
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thanks.
Sheila.
Delete Old Backup Files
Jun 5, 2001hi,
i want to delete the backup files older than 15 days. how can i do this?
Actually i backup the db and log using the TSQL, and the backup files are in d:ackup folder. I tried sqlmaint,xp_sqlmaint but its not running .
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kumar
Delete Files More Than N Hours
Mar 1, 2004Hi everybody,
Can anyone help me out in deleting files more than n- hours from a physical folder using xp_cmdshell ....
Delete Files From Directory?
Nov 15, 2014how can I delete files, which are allready imported into a database. I have a folder with 600,000 files . All Files should be in a database. And I want to delete the files that are found in the table with filename . How can I make the ?? The Filename and physicals Name is the same so i can say table.filename=physical.filename.
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Van
Delete Remote Files
Mar 3, 2006I wish to delete remote files on an FTP server after I download them. I want to download files daily and delete them daily after I finish downloading. I am trying to use the FTP task to do this but I get an error when it tries to delete files from specified location. It says:
"Unable to delete files using FTP Connection Manager" The FTP connection manager contains the FTP connection string and password. I have unchecked the passive mode box. Can someone help me with this error,
Thanks
Annie
I Have Two Transaction Log Files In My Database, I Want To Delete One, How?
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Jan 7, 2003Hello,
How to delete old files stored in a directory using dos script?.
I appreciate your feedback.
Thanks,
Ravi
How To Combine Log Files && Delete Secondary
Oct 21, 2003I have a database with 2 log files VE_log and VE_log2 (the split is left from legacy system with limited disk space). I want to eliminate the 2nd log.
I've tried SHRINKFILE (EMPTYFILE), which of course reduces the file to the default minimum pages, SHRINKFILE (TRUNCATEONLY), SHRINKDATABASE (VE), and in every case the ALTER DATABASE REMOVE FILE command fails cause the log isn't empty.
Ideas???
Thanks,
Al
Delete Backup Files Older Then...
Mar 5, 2007Ok in SQL 2000 this is within the maintaince plan, where as i have to create a seprate one for sql 2005 being i assume the 'clean up history' I choose the backup andrestore option choose 2 weeks and then run the job once created it runs sucssessfully but yet it dosnt delete a thing. I have backups going back almost 2 months now.
What on earth am i not doing?
Thanks in advanced
T-SQL To Delete Files From Backup Device
Nov 3, 2006I created a backup device and a job to backup a full dbs and transaction logs. When I first created the backup statement it was created with RETAIN DAYS = 10
Its been 15 days and the ones created after 10 days appear to be marked for deletiong but I am obviously missing a statement in my backup statement or in another job I need to schedule to come through and delete the old files from the backup device. Please help me figure out what this statement needs to be.
All the backups and T-log backups are written to one device which is one file.
Thanks
Scott
Using SSIS Package To Delete Source Files
Jan 31, 2013is it possible to delete a source file(*.txt) when a SSIS package is done with it?
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)
I do NOT specify a period (.) in the file extension dialog box. Any ideas before I setup a .cmd batch file and schedule it instead?
Thanks in Advance,
DeWayne
FTP Task - Delete Remote Files Always Fails
Mar 11, 2006
Hello,
I have two FTP Tasks configured in my SSIS package. One is for "Receive files" and the other is set for "Delete remote files." Both use variables for the source/destination paths. My remote path variable contains a wild card in the name field such as /usr/this/is/my/path/*.ext and it is working to FTP all the .ext files to my working directory. I then rename the files and want to remove the original files from the FTP server. I use the same variable as the remote path variable in the delete as I do in the receive.
Using the same FTP connection manager for both tasks I am always getting a failure on the delete. The FTP connection manger is setup to use the root user. Using a terminal I am able to open an FTP connection to the server and remove the files manually. There doesn't seem to be any detailed documentation on the FTP Task configured for Delete remote files so I'm hoping someone might have some insight to the problem.
I receive the same message for each of the files that was downloaded:
Error: 0xC001602A at MyPackage, Connection manager "FTP Connection Manager": An error occurred in the requested FTP operation. Detailed error description: 550 usr hisismypathdatafile1.ext: No such file or directory.
The attempt to delete file "usr hisismypathdatafile1.ext" failed. This may occur when the file does not exist, the file name was spelled incorrectly, or you do not have permissions to delete the file.
With the root user/working manually I'm not understanding the permission reason, the file does exist and is spelled correctly.
Dan
FTP Task - Delete Remote Files Issue
Nov 3, 2006We are Downloading files from FTP Site using "FTP Task" and we need to remove those files after downloading.
We need to delete files of specific names, like "Names_*.TXT" (All the txt files and Names starting from "Names_") so We are using Delete Remote Files and Remote path we are specifying as "/Names_*.TXT"
This doesn't work its not able to delete the files so, We tried using "*.*" and also given the specific filename like "Names_A1.TXT" then also its not deleting the remote files.
Please let me know the solution.
Thanks,
Priaynk Gajera
Unable Delete Remote Files Using FTP Task
Sep 28, 2006I can create remote folder and delete it
I also can create remote files but i can not delete remote files
error warning is like subject
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Unable To Delete Old ZIP Files Using Maintenance Plan
May 8, 2015I'm using below script within the execute T-SQL statement task of the maintenance plan, which is created to delete the zip files older than 2 days, the task runs before the backup database task gets kicked off, but some how the task is not deleting the old .zip files.
Code being used within the task: output of the @delete_file variable within the delete command is Del X:SQLBackup*2015_05_06*.zip before it is passed to the final exec statement, the server is in EST time zone.
declare @ConvertDate char(10)
declare @Delete_file varchar(80)
set @ConvertDate = CONVERT ( char(10) , dateadd( dd, -2, getdate()) , 121 )
[code]....
Delete Files Older Than 3 Days Using SSIS Tasks
Aug 11, 2006I want to delete all files in a given folder that are older than 3 days from today's date.
I tried using a "Foreach Loop container" with a "File System" task inside it but found I couldn't access any file properties such as the file creation date. Am I using the wrong task for this job?
TIA,
Barkingdog
P.S. History of the problem:
I used the sql 2005 Database maintenance program to setup our database backup jobs. One day I noticed that the free space on the drive where we keep the dumps had grown small. I found that we had at least 4 weeks of dumps in there, not the 3 days I wanted to keep! I looked but could not find the "delete file" option in the SSIS package generated by the Database Maintenance Wizard. No wonder the files were piling up.
SQL 2000 Fails To Delete Old Backup Files From The Network Share
Jul 21, 2006Hello,
I am experiencing an issue with SQL Server 2000 Maintenance Plan.
DB Backup job fails to delete old backup files from the file server (I am backing up to the network share - actually, a DFS).
Backup part of the maintenance plan/job succeeds, but then cleanup part fails.
I made sure that service account under which SQL Server Agent is running, has sufficient privileges over the network share by logging in and successfully deleting files in question.
I was not able to locate any log entries either on the SQL Server machine or on the file server machine that would indicate the root of the problem. Even though I turned on auditing for Delete operations for the destination folder, its subfolders and files, I could not find anything in the Security event log.
I would appreciate any ideas on how to troubleshoot and correct this problem.
Thanks in advance,
Sql Server 2005 Maintenance Task Delete Files Does Not Work
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SQL Server 2008 :: Query To Delete All Backup Files Older Than A Specific Date?
Jul 29, 2015I want to delete all backup files from a folder older than a specific date. But if I use the beklow query, I need to pass how many days of older backup files I need to delete whereas in my case, I dont know how many days/month/syears of old backup files are there in the backup folder.
EXEC xp_cmdshell 'FORFILES /p c:BACKUP /s /m *.sql /d -30 /c "CMD /C del /Q /F @FILE"'