Incoming from mess-mate: > > I backup my maildir directory every 3 days with 'konserve' ( kde > backup utility). I've to delete manually older backups of these. > The backup file look like this: Maildir-20050605182810.tar.gz > Is there a utility to delete oldest backups automatically or must it > done with a shell script? > The difficulty resides to recognize the DATE of the backup. > Thanks in advance for your help
find /backup/dir -type f -name Maildir\* -mtime 4 -ok rm -f {} \; will ask you whether it's okay to blow away any files 4*24 hours ago. Change "-ok" to "-exec" to eliminate the "ask you" part. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Please don't Cc: me. - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]