EraseFiles=3 not deleting.

JHammond

I am having an issue in the newest version of sqlbackup where from a script the erasefiles=3 setting will not delete files. I know there is a patch for previous versions is it available for this as well.

Brian Donahue

Hello,

The only issues I'm aware of are that ERASEFILES is set to GMT, so there could be a 5-8 hour delay in deleting the files.

The other issue is that if database names are > 22 characters, they do not get deleted at all.

If the second case is true, there is a JScript on the Knowledge Base that may help by deleting files older than a certain age:

http://www.red-gate.com/messageboard/vi ... php?t=1185