Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 12:59:08 -0500 From: Kevin Brunelle <kruptos@mlinux.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> Subject: Re: Find Syntax Message-ID: <200601021259.09740.kruptos@mlinux.org> In-Reply-To: <43B961C4.8020505@mykitchentable.net> References: <20060102171456.25239.qmail@web86911.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <43B961C4.8020505@mykitchentable.net>
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> OK, I understand now. I ultimately want to delete files and was just
> trying to check my command before doing the actual delete. I will use
> '-ls' in my script.
>
> >find . -type f -mtime +1w -exec ls -l {} \;
>
> This works too. Thanks again!
What is your intent with the -ls? Do you need the full listing because I find
that if I just want to know what files are removed the "-print" switch is
cleaner. Or, once I am comfortable that the command is doing what I want,
leaving off the output entirely.
For my temp file deletions I use
/usr/bin/find /home/kevinb/tmp -atime +3 -exec rm {} \;
Yes, I keep my own tmp/ directory below my home directory (it's an old habit).
This command deletes anything I haven't accessed in three or more days. I
use access (-atime) here but modification works just as well. I have that in
a script which cron runs once a day so I can use my temporary folder and not
worry about cleaning up after myself... and I know that anything I put there
I expect to lose unless I find a reason to keep it and move it somewhere
else.
As a word of warning, don't run this in your home directory or in a location
where there are files which will sit around without being used for months at
a time. You would really be upset if ~/.cshrc happened to vanish or any
other file you rely on but don't think of.
-Kevin
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