Delete files with specific name and creation date

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Hi guys,

I want to search a folder for files with a specific name and afterwards delete those files only if the creation date is equal to “today”. Managed to extract the file path by using directory.GetFiles(folderLoc, “ABC*”).

I`m struggling with the if statement: How to check if those files have been created on the day of the bot execution?

Thx!

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Hi @n.k2020

1st question for u is that can you give the file name format ?

so using ForEach you will go through the file names one by one

Within ForEach you will use If Activity as shown below :-

item.ToString.Contains(DateTime.Now.ToString(FormatofDateWithInFileName))

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Thx for your fast reply @Pratik_Wavhal.

It works if I add the date to the file name, unfortunately this is not the case in general.

The files are generated reports which always start with “CC_Analysis_” the following characters are randomly assigned and don`t contain the date. Is there a possibility to check for the date of the download?

BR

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Hi @n.k2020

This is for C#.Net

So for that you can use the method as :-

File.GetLastWriteTime(path)

To refer the method visit to below link :-

This is for VB.Net

File.GetCreationTime(path)

To refer the method visit to below link :-

This both will give you creation Date for that particular File

Assign Activity take the particular files Creation Time :-

creationTimeVar = File.GetCreationTime(item)

And Within If Condition you can check both condition using And :-

If
item.ToString.StartsWith(“CC_Analysis_”) And creationTimeVar.Equals(DateTime.Now.ToString(SameDateTimeFormatWhichYouWllGetInAboveVariable))

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It works! Thx a lot.

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