How to delete file by C# with timer

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Guys for example I create log file and I want to delete them once a hour or once o week. How can I do ?

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Posted 22-Jun-20 4:21am

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Updated 22-Jun-20 5:08am

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Richard MacCutchan 22-Jun-20 10:26am

What do you mean? What is the timer supposed to do?

Member 14769019 22-Jun-20 10:28am

Sorry I guess I couldn't tell. For example I created log file and I want to delete them once a hour or once a week.

F-ES Sitecore 22-Jun-20 10:59am

use log4net, it has that functionality built-in.

PIEBALDconsult 22-Jun-20 11:04am

Windows Scheduled Task and a DEL command.

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#realJSOP · Answer 1 · 2020-06-22T04:40:00

Solution 2

I've been writing code for over 40 years, so do with this as you see fit...

If it were me, I'd write a windows service that lives on the web server to do this.

Of course, if it were me, I'd put log entries into a database (instead of cluttering up the files system on the web server), and then schedule a job that runs once per day and deletes entries older than a certain number of days.

But that's just me.

Posted 22-Jun-20 4:40am

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Updated 22-Jun-20 4:41am

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MadMyche 22-Jun-20 11:10am

+5. Similar to what I have implemented, which runs daily; adding the logs to a month.zip file and then deleting the original log

Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 2 · 2020-06-22T05:09:00

Solution 3

If it were me, I'd write up a command line to do it from a Windows Scheduler job. No need to write up any code at all.

Posted 22-Jun-20 5:09am

Dave Kreskowiak

F-ES Sitecore · Answer 3 · 2020-06-22T04:36:00

Solution 1

C#

System.Threading.Thread t = new System.Threading.Thread(() => {
    System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(100000);
    System.IO.File.Delete(path);
});

t.Start();

It's not 100% robust though and goes without saying that "path" has to be a path on the server, you can't delete client-side files. Also haven't tried this with core but according to the docs it should still work.

Posted 22-Jun-20 4:36am

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F-ES Sitecore 22-Jun-20 11:00am

Just so people know, the OP has completely changed the question so this answer now seems irrelevant.