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From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org>
To: Paul Branston <apbran@rannoch.demon.co.uk>,
	David Okeby <david@okeby.com>
Subject: Re: shell script to remove dated files
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 08:37:21 -0400
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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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