Operation Manual

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REM Script: aETomcatLogsPurge.bat

REM 2012-05-12: Version: 1.0: MEA: Created

ECHO This script will delete files older than a number of days from a directory

ECHO Run it from the command line or from a scheduler

ECHO Make sure the process has permissions to delete files in the target folder

REM ===== CONFIGURATIONS ===================================================

REM Note: all paths containing spaces must be enclosed in double quotes

REM Edit this file and set LogPath and NumDays below

REM Path to the folder where all Tomcat logs are

set LogPath="C:\Program Files (x86)\Group Logic\Common\apache-tomcat-7.0.34\logs"

REM NumDays - Log files older than NumDays will be processed

set NumDays=14

REM ===== END OF CONFIGURATIONS ======================

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ECHO ===== START ============

REM ForFiles options:

REM "/p": the path where you want to delete files.

REM "/s": recursively look inside other subfolders present in the folder

mentioned in the batch file path

REM "/d": days for deleting the files older than the present date. For instance

"/d -7" means older than 7 days

REM "/c": command to execute to actually delete files: "cmd /c del @file".

forfiles /p %LogPath% /s /d -%NumDays% /c "cmd /c del @FILE"

:End

ECHO ===== BATCH FILE COMPLETED ============================================

Warning: We provide this example as a guideline so you can plan and implement your own process based on

the specifics of your deployment. The example is not meant nor tested to apply to all situations and

environments so use it as a foundation and at your own risk. Do not use it in production environments without

comprehensive offline testing first.

Steps:

1. Copy the script to the computer running Acronis Access (Tomcat) and open it with Notepad or a

suitable plain text editor.

2. Locate the section illustrated in the picture below and edit the LogPath and NumDays variables

with your specific paths and retention settings: