For simplicity, I just saved it in c:\windows.  Next you’ll need to figure out the proper syntax to use for your needs.  Mine was to delete any .AVI file that was older than 7 days, located in a particular pathway, such as c:\dvr-video.  Below is what I am using…

FORFILES -pc:\dvr-video-s -m*.avi -d-7 -c”CMD /c del /q @FILE”

I would suggest you test this prior to blasting away your files.  The line below will echo all the files that would normally be deleted if you ran the command above.

FORFILES -pc:\dvr-video -s -m*.avi -d-7 -c”CMD /c ECHO @FILE”

I would also suggest you take a look at the FORFILES syntax flags. Here is a link to the CMD syntax flags too, if you are new to the command.  Once you have it all worked out, save it in a notepad file with a .bat extension.  Location doesn’t matter, just somewhere you can find it for the next step.

The final step is to fire up your Task Scheduler and configure it to run this batch file however often you need it to run.  Since my batch file deletes files older than 7 days, I run it once a week on Saturday, at 4AM.

Overall, it is a pretty simple setup.

2 things to note…

1. If your files have spaces in them, this won’t work.  The only workaround I know offhand is to use underscore or hyphens in your files names.

2. If there are spaces in your pathway, you’ll need to put it in quotes, like FORFILES -p”c:\my pathway\has spaces\to my\files”

The most challenging areas though, was the going down the rocky incline on the East side of Sheep Bridge and getting up the West side of the path down to the crossing under the dam. I tipped over on both those spots. Thankfully, I had a riding buddy there to help me get the bike up. It is a lot of work to do this loop in 100F weather. Other than a little heat exhaustion that set in once I got home (headache and throwing up), it was a decent ride.

I have my backups process nightly, at midnight. Here is a sample command syntax for my 750G called Gatekeeper:

cd /home/mikrotik/Gatekeeper_RB750G && /usr/local/bin/ncftpget -f ../.netrc_gatekeeper ./ /*.backup

The first part of the command drops you into your storage directory. The second part tells ncftpget to use the server and login information contained within the file .netrc_gatekeeper and to download any files matching the *.backup wildcard. You can change this to suit your needs.

Here is an example of how your .netrc file should look like:

machine 'IP/hostname'
user your_ftp_username
pass your_ftp_password

Note: You’ll need to create a separate .netrc file for each host you want to backup. Hence, my naming scheme of .netrc_hostname.

Here is a second command syntax example for my 493AH called Keymaster:

cd /home/mikrotik/Keymaster_RB493AH && /usr/local/bin/ncftpget -f ../.netrc_keymaster ./ /*.backup

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/navy-ship-to-be-named-for-gabrielle-giffords/2012/02/10/gIQABlle4Q_blog.html

Back in the day, they used to name ships after heroes who accomplished great things. Now they are naming them after victims.

That says everything you need to know about America under BHO.

Let’s just start with WWII…I can think of 400,000+ that are more worthy to have a ship named after them than a Congressional Rep.

Now, recently I ran into a problem with BackupPC, running on CentOS 5.7. After a yum update, when trying to process a backup job, BackupPC would error out with a Compress::Zlib error. After much google-fu, I came across this guy’s solution. Doing a force install on CPAN solved my problem. Hope this helps someone else.