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Delete all files in sub-dir +10 old

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Name: ihosail
Date: October 3, 2005 at 06:59:29 Pacific
Subject: Delete all files in sub-dir +10 old
OS: Unix
CPU/Ram: Unix

Comment:

Please help...
I need to delete files in all sub-directories that are more than 10 days old or delete all sub-directoires (entire directory) that's 10 days old (this is risky).
I have an archive directory /archive and many subdirectories as /archive/Sep01, /archive/Sep02 etc. with month and day naming convention.

This command will delete all files that were modified 10 days ago:
find /archive -type f -mtime +10 -exec rm {} \;
How do I use similar command to delete all files within the sub-directories of /archive as well?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
ihosail

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Response Number 1

Name: anupam
Date: October 3, 2005 at 20:44:52 Pacific

Reply: (edit)

find command is recursive....it will delete all files in your sub directories of /archive as well according to the condition that you have given to it.
Anupam

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Response Number 2

Name: GordonBe
Date: November 30, 2005 at 12:17:13 Pacific

Reply: (edit)

Also for dirs you need to set -rf flag for rm to force deletion.

rape moviesMr.Gordon BE

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