Accessing All Files in a Folder and Deleting Old Files

My problem is that I have an applet that communicates with a servlet and the servlet stores user designed objects on the server. These objects are piling up and the older ones are no longer useful. What I want to do is have a method in the servlet that periodically scans this folder and deletes files that are over two months old. Any advice on how I could do this is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

I think it's Linux, but I'm not sure. This is for a job that was done a while ago and I'm just revisiting to touch up a few things.

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Look into the "Learn" link above. There are resources and instructions on how to write VBScript code. Look into how to use the FileSystemObject.
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I used "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\SCANPST.EXE" to try to fix the post files a few times, the problems remains. No matter how many times I run SCANPST.EXT on this pst file, it always find the following error:
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© 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Hong

Thanks for the update, Hong.
If we copy some emails to TechSupport folder, are those emails still visible in the TechSupportfolder?
Although it doesn't look like a view problem, we may also try to open Outlook with /cleanviews switch to seek our fortune. To do this, exit Outlook, press Windows key + R to open the Run command, type
outlook /cleanviews and press Enter. We may also try to search for the missing emails using Instant Search to see if there is any result.
In addition, we may also try to use the MFCMAPI tool to look into the TechSupport folder and check if we can see and open the missing emails. To do this, please follow the steps below:
1. Download MFCMAPI tool: http://mfcmapi.codeplex.com/
2. Exit Outlook and start MFCMAPI.exe.
3. Click Session > Logon, choose your profile and click
OK.
4. Double-click the PST file that has this issue from the list.
5. In the opened new window, expand Root Container > Top of Outlook data file > Inbox.
6. Find and right-click the TechSupport folder under Inbox, select Open contents table.
7. In the opened new window, check if you can see your emails in the upper portion of the window. If so, double-click an item to see if you can open the email in Outlook window.
Please let me know the result.
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How can I see the contents of the "Other" folder and delete unwanted files?

Cleaning up "Other" folder

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iPhoto ▹ Empty Trash
Do the same in other applications, such as Aperture, that have an internal Trash feature. Then restart the computer. That will temporarily free up some space.
According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB of available space on the startup volume (as shown in the Finder Info window) for normal operation—not the mythical 10%, 15%, or any other percentage. You also need enough space left over to allow for growth of the data. There is little or no performance advantage to having more available space than the minimum Apple recommends. Available storage space that you'll never use is wasted space.
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See this support article for some simple ways to free up storage space.
You can more effectively use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper (ODS) or GrandPerspective (GP) to explore the volume and find out what's taking up the space. You can also delete files with it, but don't do that unless you're sure that you know what you're deleting and that all data is safely backed up. That means you have multiple backups, not just one. Note that ODS only works with OS X 10.8 or later. If you're running an older OS version, use GP.
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Proceed further only if the problem isn't solved by the above steps.
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Back up all data now.
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Install the app you downloaded in the Applications folder as usual. Quit it if it's running.
Triple-click anywhere in the corresponding line of text below on this page to select it, then copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:
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sudo /Applications/GrandPerspective.app/Contents/MacOS/GrandPerspective
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☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing command-V. You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator. Ignore any other messages that appear in the Terminal window.
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Does Time Machine replace changed files and delete old files?

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Hello,
In usual when I create scenarios with file (Inbound or outbound) I sand backup file to backup folder.
I'm looking for easy way to create scenarios or something else that clean the backup folders.
I'm looking for process that clean the older files, for example I want to erase all the files that older then 3 month.
Do you have any idea?
Regards
Elad

Hello,
I found a script for that:
'* File:               fdel.vbs
'* Created:               June-2006
'* Version:               1.0
'* Main Function: Check "DateCreated" of specific files and if difference between Now time
'*                pass the Time limit and delete old files
'* Usage:   WSCRIPT.EXE fmon.vbs [Path to Directory with old files] [Time limit in days]
'* Example: WSCRIPT.EXE fmon.vbs C:\Windows\Temp 7
Dim objExCmd, fso, Time_Out_Before_Action, Base_dir, filename1
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next
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'Set objExCmd = WshShell.Exec("cmd /c echo off"&Chr(38)&"for /f "&Chr(34)&"tokens=* delims=. "&Chr(34)&" %a in ('dir "&Chr(34)&Base_dir&Chr(34)&" /b') do echo %a")
Set objExCmd = WshShell.Exec("cmd /c echo off"&Chr(38)&"dir "&Chr(34)&Base_dir&Chr(34)&" /b")
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filename1 = objExCmd.StdOut.ReadLine
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'MsgBox filename1&"; Diff="&DateDiff("d", fso.GetFile(Base_dir&"\"&filename1).DateCreated, Now)&"> time ="&Time_Out_Before_Action
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Regards
Elad

My hard driver is apparently full - but it is full of "other" files. I have cleared downloads and removed my music and pictures, but it still thinks it is full - how do I access and delete the files?

I am having real trouble with the mac book air and i dont know what to do. It thinks it is full, i get warning messages every day, but when i check how the storage is being used it is 45.79 GB of "other" and I can't work out where to locate and delete these files. I have removed all my music and pictures, there are nearly no documents on the bloody thing, i have cleared the downloads, I have run a cc cleaner programme but nothing seems to touch this "other" amount. Its so annoying as it is getting to a point where i can't use the computer properly anymore. Do you have any clue what it could be or how i can deal with it?
It did this last year but not as bad, i never solved it then i just removed all my own files but now "other" is taking that space too. On a windows computer you would be able to click through and view what was taking up the space but you can't seem to do that on a mac. could it be a virus that makes the hard driver think it is full?
Any ideas what I can do?

For information about the Other category in the Storage display, see this support article.
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According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB of available space on the startup volume (as shown in the Finder Info window) for normal operation. You also need enough space left over to allow for growth of the data. There is little or no performance advantage to having more available space than the minimum Apple recommends. Available storage space that you'll never use is wasted space.
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See this support article for some simple ways to free up storage space.
You can more effectively use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper (ODS) to explore the volume and find out what's taking up the space. You can also delete files with it, but don't do that unless you're sure that you know what you're deleting and that all data is safely backed up. That means you have multiple backups, not just one.
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Proceed further only if the problem isn't solved by the above steps.
ODS can't see the whole filesystem when you run it just by double-clicking; it only sees files that you have permission to read. To see everything, you have to run it as root.
Back up all data now.
If you have more than one user account, make sure you're logged in as an administrator. The administrator account is the one that was created automatically when you first set up the computer.
Install ODS in the Applications folder as usual. Quit it if it's running.
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☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
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If you give complete and detailed information about your setup and the issue at hand, such as your platform (Mac or Win), exact versions of your OS, of Photoshop and of Bridge, machine specs, what troubleshooting steps you have taken so far, what error message(s) you receive, if having issues opening raw files also the exact camera make and model that generated them, etc., someone may be able to help you.
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