All too often I run across web servers with log files being stored until the drive runs out of space. If you are running IIS 7 or later, the following powershell script can automate this purging process.
#============================================== # --- Configuration Options --- #Provide the name of the site $myweb = "Default Web Site" #Provide the number of days you wish to keep $days = 90 #whatif toggle, verify only option $whatif = $true #============================================== Import-Module WebAdministration $myweb = Get-WebSite -Name "$myweb" $mylogdir = $myweb.logFile.directory if($whatif) { get-childitem $mylogdir -recurse | where {$_.lastwritetime -lt (get-date).adddays(-$days) -and -not $_.psiscontainer} |% {remove-item $_.fullname -force -WhatIf } } else { get-childitem $mylogdir -recurse | where {$_.lastwritetime -lt (get-date).adddays(-$days) -and -not $_.psiscontainer} |% {remove-item $_.fullname -force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue} | Write-Host $_.fullname }