Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 08:37:21 -0400 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: Paul Branston <apbran@rannoch.demon.co.uk>, David Okeby <david@okeby.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: shell script to remove dated files Message-ID: <01082808372107.26623@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <20010828110441.C31370@rannoch.demon.co.uk> References: <FMEEKJADHLBHCKHGCEKEOEOPCEAA.david@okeby.com> <20010828110441.C31370@rannoch.demon.co.uk>
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On Tuesday 28 August 2001 06:04, Paul Branston wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 05:31:44AM +0800, David Okeby wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > How do I write a shell script that removes old files? Say something of
> > the order of two weeks old.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > David
> > david@okeby.com
>
> have a read at the find man page. You need somethimg like
>
> find /path -mtime +14 -exec rm {} \;
I recommend -atime instead. THis way if they've been reading it, it won't
vanish on them. Of course it depends on the purpose of the script.
>
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