"Chris Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I need to come up with a bash shell script that deletes all the files in a > folder older than N days. I'm not sure how to test for file age so I can't > get it done myself, can someone suggest a way?
use find(1) with the mtime flag, e.g. find /tmp -type f -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \; will remove all files in /tmp that are more than 30 days old. -- Mike Quin Unix Systems Support Systems and Networks Group, University of Stirling "Clue. You've either got it, or you work for UUnet" - seen on UKMM