Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 10:39:17 +1000 From: "MurrayTaylor" <MurrayTaylor@bytecraftsystems.com> To: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>, "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: <005f01c13023$093150a0$2a7627cb@bytecraft.au.com> References: <FMEEKJADHLBHCKHGCEKEOEOPCEAA.david@okeby.com> <20010828110441.C31370@rannoch.demon.co.uk> <01082808372107.26623@i8k.babbleon.org>
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----- Original Message -----
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>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: shell script to remove dated files
> 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.
>
I have an unchecked suspicion that windoze explorer via samba 'accesses' the
files
on any/every directory display ...
therefore the files will never age
> >
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