31 Dec 09 ColdFusion FileSweeper

I'm tired writing scripts to clean up temporary files.

It's a nigh trivial task. The chance for error is small, but the consequences can be dire!

I wrote a little utility that makes this a little easier. It simply deletes all the files in a folder (recursive or no) that are older than a specified number of seconds.

Example Usage:

// no init needed, but the function's there if you like
fileSweeper = CreateObject("component", "fileSweeper");   

// all arguments are actually defaulted to the values shown
// so you needn't pass any, fancy eh?
fileSweeper.deleteOldFiles(
    folder   = ExpandPath("/temp"),
    seconds  = 600,
    filter   = "*.*",
    recurse = "no",
    lockname = "deleteFiles",
    timeout  = 60,
    logging  = true
);

Download it!

Tags: coldfusion, utilities