Delete a folder if a sub-sub-folder within it has files older than 30 days

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I have the following path : Z:\logs\computername\username

I would like to check if all files within "username" are over 30 days old and if so delete the computername folder too (not only username subfolder).

Using forfiles I can delete username but not delete up to parent folder (Z:\logs\computername) :

@echo off
forfiles.exe /s /d -30 /p "Z:\logs\computername\username" /c "cmd.exe /c IF @isdir == TRUE rd /s /q @path"
exit

Do you have any idea how to do this ?

There is no relevant content in Z:\logs and Z:\logs\computername other than this username subfolder.

Thank you for your assistance.

What I have tried:

I have no specific idea of about how to achieve this.
Any help would greatly help me improve my script.
Thank you.

Posted 9-Mar-21 5:46am

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Updated 9-Mar-21 6:19am

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2021-03-09T06:19:00

You may like to look at Use Windows PowerShell to search for files | Scripting Blog[^]. Although it is PowerShell it could be used to create the list that you need.

This script will get you a count of all files more than 30 days old.

PowerShell

$subdir="Z:\logs\computername\username"
$today=Get-Date
$FindDate=$today.adddays(-31)

$num=@(Get-ChildItem -Path $subdir `
	-File -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue `
	| Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -LT $FindDate }).Count

Write-Output "$num files found"