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Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 04:46:58 -0700
From: Eugene Lee <eugene@anime.net>
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Subject: Re: script to archive old files
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On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 11:59:10AM +0100, Michael Bartlett wrote:
: 
: i'm trying to figure out how to write a script that will
: 
:  - gzip all files in a directory that are older than 2 months
:  - email the gzip to me
:  - delete the files that were gzipped

Disclaimer: this script is untested!

--------------- chop here ---------------

#!/bin/sh

# whatever your starting directory is
# 
dir=$HOME

files=`find $HOME -type f -mtime +60 -print`

timestamp=`date "+%Y-%m-%d"`

backup=backup.$timestamp.tar.gz

tar czf $backup $files

# change this line if you have another email client that supports
# sending emails from the command line with attachments
# 
mutt -s "backup for $timestamp" -a $backup your@email.address < /dev/null

# comment in this line when you're ready
# 
rm -f $files $backup

--------------- chop here ---------------


-- 
Eugene Lee
eugene@anime.net

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