Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 17:07:41 -0500 From: "Peter Brezny" <peter@sysadmin-inc.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: find shell script problem Message-ID: <006101c08a3f$e6f40b60$46010a0a@sysadmininc.com>
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I would like to be able to automatically delete directories within a single subdirectory once they are more than three months old. I've been reading the man page for date and find and have some ideas but am lacking in shell scripting knowledge. my best attempt (which doesn't work) is: find /dir1/ \! -newer `date -v-3m` -delete This however returns the actual date 3 months ago rather than the date of any directory 3 months ago. I don't know how to tell find to apply this date to any directory it finds under /dir1/ TIA Peter Brezny SysAdmin Services Inc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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