[amirwolf]

Hi
I wrote a plugin that saves text files in the config folder
For example

2021/08/20/18.txt
2021/08/20/19.txt
2021/08/20/20.txt

That means another file is added every hour
I want to know how to delete the file of previous hours

2021/08/20/%s.txt

So that the current clock file is not deleted and only the previous clocks are deleted
Also check that there is no file left in the past history
I hope I have given a clear explanation

[Shadows Adi]

http://www.amxmodx.org/api/file/delete_file

[amirwolf]

Yes, I know this, but I can not figure out how to check the date and time

[Bugsy]

How about when you create a new one, delete the old?

When creating 2021/08/20/20, delete 2021/08/20/19

Or use a single file and over-write. Why do you need the filename dated?

[Natsheh]

show what you've done !

[amirwolf]

Originally Posted by Bugsy How about when you create a new one, delete the old? When creating 2021/08/20/20, delete 2021/08/20/19 Or use a single file and over-write. Why do you need the filename dated?

Yes I could use a file But I prefer to delete the information of the previous hour and create a new file

[amirwolf]

The temporary solution may be to delete the folder

[Bugsy]

This will delete all files in the configs/TestFolder/ directory, except the one named '2021082020.txt'

Though, I recommend explaining your use case, as there's likely a better solution.

PHP Code:

//Usage:
DeleteFolderContents( "2021082020.txt" , "TestFolder" );

DeleteFolderContents( const szExcludeFile[] , const szConfigsSubFolder[] ) 
{
    new szDir[ 64 ] , iDir , iLen , szFile[ 32 ] , szFullFile[ 96 ] , iDeleted;
    
    formatex( szDir[ ( iLen = get_configsdir( szDir , charsmax( szDir ) ) ) ] , charsmax( szDir ) - iLen , "/%s/" , szConfigsSubFolder );
    
    if ( ( iDir = open_dir( szDir , szFile , charsmax( szFile ) ) ) )
    {    
        do
        {
            if ( ( szFile[ 0 ] != '.' && szFile[ 1 ] != '.' ) && !equali( szFile , szExcludeFile ) ) 
            {
                formatex( szFullFile , charsmax( szFullFile ) , "%s%s" , szDir , szFile );
                delete_file( szFullFile );
                iDeleted++;
            }
        }
        while ( next_file( iDir , szFile , charsmax( szFile ) ) )
        close_dir( iDir );
    }
    else
    {
        set_fail_state( "Directory not found: %s" , szDir );
    }
    
    return iDeleted;
} 


[amirwolf]

That's exactly what I wanted
It works now
Thank you

[Bugsy]

I updated it slightly to make it easier to use.