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. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . . bts@wnt.sas.com (work) Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) --------------------> Free Dmitry Sklyarov! <------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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