From: Clement Ow <clement.ow@...>
Date: 2008-04-17T11:53:23+09:00
Subject: Deleting of files older than a stipulated date

Pardon for my multiple posts in this forum as Im rushing a project but
still quite new in ruby..

Anyway, I would like to select files to delete based on their
datestamped folders.
For example, I would like to delete files which older than 5 business
days (i.e that means you dont count sats and suns). Currently my code
looks like this:
def delFiles
sd_a=$del_path.zip($del_selection)
sd_a.each do |sd|
  $del_path, $del_selection = sd
  del = File.join $del_path, $del_selection
  puts "Files/Folders Deleted: #{del}"
  FileUtils.rm_r Dir.glob(del)
end #each
  end #delFiles

Im actually using arrays to contain my del_path and del_selection
because I will need to delete multiple directories or files all at once.
Is there any way where I can build on my code but with the criteria that
only files older than 5 business days (bearing in mind that files not
only contain the date eg. 20080331 but can also come with other
characters eg. risk20080331) get deleted.
Much help is really appreciated. ;)
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