From 7aff4198d961351f124598545a4b571b3d6b48ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus Fleschutz <markus.fleschutz@atcsim.de>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:50:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update remove-old-dirs.ps1

---
 Scripts/remove-old-dirs.ps1 | 31 +++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Scripts/remove-old-dirs.ps1 b/Scripts/remove-old-dirs.ps1
index 9ce9c12e..a17ef2e6 100644
--- a/Scripts/remove-old-dirs.ps1
+++ b/Scripts/remove-old-dirs.ps1
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<#
+<#
 .SYNOPSIS
 	Removes old directories
 .DESCRIPTION
-	This PowerShell script removes any directory in a given folder older than <numDays> (using last write time).
+	This PowerShell script removes any subfolder in a parent folder older than <numDays> (using last write time).
 .PARAMETER path
-	Specifies the file path to the folder
+	Specifies the file path to the parent folder
 .PARAMETER numDays
 	Specifies the number of days (1000 by default)
 .EXAMPLE
@@ -17,30 +17,29 @@ param([string]$path = "", [int]$numDays = 1000)
 
 try {
 	$stopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew()
-	if ("$path" -eq "") { $path = Read-Host "Enter the file path to the directory" }
+	if ("$path" -eq "") { $path = Read-Host "Enter the file path to the parent folder" }
 	if (!(Test-Path -Path "$path" -PathType container)) { throw "Given path doesn't exist - enter a valid path, please" }
 
-	Write-Progress "Removing old directories in $path..."
-	$folders = Get-ChildItem -Path "$path" -Directory
+	Write-Host "⏳ Removing subfolders older than $numDays days in $path..."
+	$folders = Get-ChildItem -path "$path" -directory
 	$numRemoved = 0
 	$count = 0
 	foreach ($folder in $folders) {
 		[datetime]$folderDate = ($folder | Get-ItemProperty -Name LastWriteTime).LastWriteTime
 		$count++
 		if ($folderDate -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-$numDays)) {
-			Write-Host "#$($count): Removing old '$folder'..."
-                	$fullPath = $folder | Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName
-                	Remove-Item -Path $fullPath -Force -Recurse
+			Write-Host "($($count)) Removing old '$folder'..."
+			$fullPath = $folder | Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName
+			Remove-Item -path "$fullPath" -force -recurse
 			$numRemoved++
-           	} else {
-			Write-Host "#$($count): Skipping young '$folder'..."
+		} else {
+			Write-Host "($($count)) Skipping young '$folder'..."
 		}
-        }
-	Write-Progress -completed "."
+	}
 	[int]$elapsed = $stopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds
-	Write-Host "Removed $numRemoved of $count directories older than $numDays days at $path in $elapsed sec"
+	"✔️ Removed $numRemoved of $count subfolders older than $numDays days in $elapsed sec"
 	exit 0 # success
 } catch {
-	Write-Error "ERROR in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
-	exit 1 # failure
+	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
+	exit 1
 }