Delete pdf files by part of file name

[jan]

Hello everyone,

I would like to delete all PDF files in a folder that have __done in the file name and are older than 2 months.
Robotask should check every hour whether the folder contains such files.

Would anyone be willing to help me with this? Many thanks in advance.

Best regards, Ján

[Oleg]

Look at my example below. Also pay attention to Date filter of the loop.
Save the text of the task to a file and use menu Task->Import to import the task into RoboTask.
Also you can simply copy task text and paste it into the task list.
The you can see it in task editor

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;*****************************
;* RoboTask Task file
;* Do not edit in text editor!
;*****************************
 
[Root]
ActionAfterRun=INTEGER|0
Actions=FOLDER
Automat=INTEGER|-1
CatID=INTEGER|45174721
Comment=STRINGLIST
ContinueOnError=INTEGER|0
DisableOnError=INTEGER|0
DoNotStopWhenShutdown=INTEGER|0
ExternalName=STRING|"Task1540"
Hide=INTEGER|0
ID=INTEGER|1826496193
LogOnAsUser=INTEGER|1
Name=STRING|"Delete PDF with part of name"
OnErrorTaskID=INTEGER|0
Priority=INTEGER|3
RestrictRESTAPIAccess=INTEGER|0
RunOnClose=INTEGER|0
RunOnStartup=INTEGER|0
StepPause=INTEGER|0
ToLog=INTEGER|3
UnicodeFormat=INTEGER|1
WriteGeneralLog=INTEGER|0

[Actions]
Action1=FOLDER
Action2=FOLDER
Action3=FOLDER
Action4=FOLDER
Action5=FOLDER

[Actions\Action1]
ActionID=STRING|"A_VARIABLES_SET"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Set variable ""PDFFolder"" with value ""D:\Temp\pdf"""
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action1\Params]
_rt_variables_produced=STRING|"PDFFolder"
expand=STRING|"0"
linecount=STRING|"1"
varname=STRING|"PDFFolder"
varvalue=STRING|"D:\Temp\pdf"

[Actions\Action2]
ActionID=STRING|"A_LOOP_FILE"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"File Loop"
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action2\Params]
_rt_variables_produced=STRING|"FDF_File"
createmode=STRING|"4"
createormodified=STRING|"1"
date1=STRING|"20250123"
date2=STRING|"20250123"
destvar=STRING|"FDF_File"
DuringDays=STRING|"1"
DuringHours=STRING|"1"
DuringMinutes=STRING|"1"
DuringMonths=STRING|"1"
file0=STRING|"{PDFFolder}\*_done*.pdf"
filecount=STRING|"1"
OlderDays=STRING|"1"
OlderHours=STRING|"1"
OlderMinutes=STRING|"1"
OlderMonths=STRING|"2"
savesize=STRING|"0"
searchkind=STRING|"0"
sort=STRING|"0"
sortby=STRING|"0"
sortorder=STRING|"0"
subdirs=STRING|"0"
timesize=STRING|"0"
WithoutPath=STRING|"0"

[Actions\Action3]
ActionID=STRING|"A_ROBOTASK_LOG"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Log Message"
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action3\Params]
message=STRING|"{FDF_File}"
type=STRING|"3"

[Actions\Action4]
ActionID=STRING|"A_FILE_DELETE"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Delete File"
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action4\Params]
Count=STRING|"1"
deletedirs=STRING|"0"
deletereadonly=STRING|"0"
file0=STRING|"{FDF_File}"
hidden=STRING|"1"
subdir=STRING|"0"
system=STRING|"1"
ToRecycleBin=STRING|"1"

[Actions\Action5]
ActionID=STRING|"A_LOOP_END"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"End Loop"

[jan]

Hi Oleg,

Thanks for your answer and your effort. Since I am an absolute beginner, I have to ask how I can export the code to a *.tsk file. Can you please help me again?

best regards from Munich, Ján

[Oleg]

I have to ask how I can export the code to a *.tsk file.

Select the necessary task and use menu Task->Export

[jan]

Hello Oleg,

I have managed to import the task into Robotask.
Thanks again for your great help!

Ján