How-to:
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Create a new vbs script in a new folder (example C:\Program Files (x86)\StonevoiceAS\Script\IIS Log Retention\iislogretention.vbs)
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Put this in the script file and change iMaxAge variable to the number of das you'd like to retain logs for.
sLogFolder = "C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\W3SVC1"
iMaxAge = 30 'in days
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set colFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(sLogFolder)
For Each colSubfolder in colFolder.SubFolders
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(colSubfolder.Path)
Set colFiles = objFolder.Files
For Each objFile in colFiles
iFileAge = now-objFile.DateCreated
if iFileAge > (iMaxAge+1) then
objFSO.deletefile objFile, True
end if
Next
Next
An example below:
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Set up a scheduled task to execute that scriptUsing the Windows Task Scheduler, create a new task and set the trigget to execute daily.Create new action that looks like the following:
Just add:
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cscript in Program/script field
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the path (example "C:\Program Files (x86)\StonevoiceAS\Script\IIS Log Retention\iislogretention.vbs") to your scipt file inside the arguments textbox.