Trimming log files in windows

Trimming log files in windows



RRasco
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RRasco Mar 18, 2016

I know this is an old thread, but it shows up in search results a lot so I'm going to put this here in case anyone needs it.

These are the updated commands for deleting files and scheduling a task to remove W3SVC log files from Server 2012.

The Forfiles.exe command for deleting the files is the same as Robert3637 posted above.  Here it is for completeness:

Forfiles.exe -p C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\W3SVC1 -m *.log -d -30 -c "Cmd.exe /C del @path"

I found plenty of other references online to scheduling this command as a task for 2008, but none for 2012.  So here is how I did it:

Create a batch file at "C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\W3SVC_LogsMaintenance.bat"

Put your Forfiles commands in that batch file you will need to create: W3SVC_LogsMaintenance.bat

My batch file contains two lines, one for each W3SVC folder:

Forfiles.exe -p C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\W3SVC1 -m *.log -d -30 -c "Cmd.exe /C del @path"
Forfiles.exe -p C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\W3SVC2 -m *.log -d -30 -c "Cmd.exe /C del @path"

I then scheduled this batch file to be called weekly on Sundays at 06:00.

Run this in a command prompt to create and schedule the task.

SCHTASKS /Create /SC Weekly /D SUN /ST 06:00 /TN "W3SVC Logs Maintenance" /TR "C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\W3SVC_LogsMaintenance.bat"

If you prefer to create and schedule the task via GUI, you can do so by launching the Task Scheduler or running this command to launch it.

taskschd.msc

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