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Need help writing UNIX script
Name: Tam Date: August 8, 2001 at 14:50:30 Pacific
Comment:
I'm trying to write a unix script that will delete files in a specific directory after they are 30 days old. I know how to do this conceptually but this is my first time. Here is what I'm trying to do:
Get system date Get file date If (SystemDate-FileDate>30) Delete file
please email if possible. sometimes i have problems getting on the web. thanks!!!
Name: stefan caunter Date: August 8, 2001 at 20:04:26 Pacific
Reply:
you need to find based on age, and then have the files which are found deleted:
find /directory -atime 30 -exec rm {} \;
this will delete files not accessed in the last 30 days. if you want confirmation before deletion use
-ok rm {} \;
after the find path option
if you want it to be a script just have $1 as the path, and enter it as the first arg to the script name on the command line. there are a number of good options to find which can be useful for this kind of thing.
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