Private Sub DeleteOldFilesIfOverFolderLimit(folderPath As String,
folderSizeLimit As Long,
amountToDelete As Long)
Dim folder As New DirectoryInfo(folderPath)
Dim files = folder.GetFiles()
Dim folderSize = files.Sum(Function(fi) fi.Length)
If folderSize > folderSizeLimit Then
'Sort the list of files with the oldest first.
Array.Sort(files,
Function(fi1, fi2) fi1.CreationTime.CompareTo(fi2.CreationTime))
Dim amountDeleted = 0L
For Each file As FileInfo In files
amountDeleted += file.Length
file.Delete()
If amountDeleted >= amountToDelete Then
Exit For
End If
Next
End If
End Sub
What do you mean 'pass it meaningful data'?
private void DeleteOldFilesIfOverFolderLimit(string folderPath,
long folderSizeLimit,
long amountToDelete)
{
var folder = new DirectoryInfo(folderPath);
var files = folder.GetFiles();
var folderSize = files.Sum(fi => fi.Length);
if (folderSize > folderSizeLimit)
{
// Sort the list of files with the oldest first.
Array.Sort(files,
(fi1, fi2) => fi1.CreationTime.CompareTo(fi2.CreationTime));
var amountDeleted = 0L;
foreach (var file in files)
{
amountDeleted += file.Length;
file.Delete();
if (amountDeleted >= amountToDelete)
{
break;
}
}
}
}
It's after 1 AM here so I can't go into any more detail now but I will tomorrow if you've had a go but are still having trouble. As I said though, the code (now that it's the right language) should just work as is if you pass it meaningful data. That would mean the full path of the folder and, according to your original example, the numbers of bytes in 1 GB and 500 MB. If you then want to change it to accept a number of MB, for instance, then you can do that and add the appropriate arithmetic to the method, i.e. multiply by 1024 if the parameter is a number of KB, multiply by 1024*1024 for MG, 1024*1024*1024 for GB and so on.As I have already said, you don't need to change anything, as long as you pass meaningful data. "Meaningful data" means data that means something reasonable. For instance, if you*don't the path of a folder that exists then that's not meaningful. If you pass a negative folder size limit then that's not meaningful. Nothing magical. Just sensible stuff.
You simply*copy the code form your IDE and paste it into your post, between appropriate formatting tags. You can either type the tags by hand or use the toolbar on the advanced editor. The XCODE tags are best for code but just make sure that you provide the C# option when prompted. If you want to provide extra formatting, e.g. bold or coloured text, then use CODE tags.
