Writing an EXE

[XMan]

I'd like to have a program that looks at the files in a particular folder, and if they are more than a day old, moves them to another folder.

I'd also like the computer to do it, say, once a week, but I think once I have an EXE I can just do that with event scheduler . . .

Any ideas? This is on XP, by the way . . .

 

[corkyg]

You need to program it, then compile it. There are several packages that can assist that process. It will ultimately be compiled in machine language. Maybe forget the .EXE and write script for your machine to do it?

 

[DaveSimmons]

If you already know Perl you can download free interpreter for Windows (ActivePerl I think). Probably PHP and other scripting languages too. Or VBScript if you know VB.

It would also be easy to do in VB or C++ or C#, maybe someone here less lazy than me will offer to write it for you (change the thread title? "EXE wanted to copy files by date"?)

 

[XMan]

Originally posted by: corkyg
You need to program it, then compile it. There are several packages that can assist that process. It will ultimately be compiled in machine language. Maybe forget the .EXE and write script for your machine to do it?

A script may be the best bet, I don't have any compilers.

 

[jfall]

A batch script set to run on a scheduled task should do it.. no need to compile anything

 

[jfall]

This may be what you are looking for http://www.surfpack.com/downloads/Delenda/12390.html

Delenda identifies files older than x days based on file creation, modification, last accessed date and deletes or moves them to archive folders.