On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 06:38:40 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: > The pertinent part of the script is: > > > # delete aged backup files, keeping 60 nightlies and 45 (5 days of) > > hourlies rm $(ls -1t $MySQL_BACKUP_DIR_nightly/* | tail -n +61) > > rm $(ls -1t $MySQL_BACKUP_DIR_hourly/* | tail -n +46) > > It works fine and does what it is supposed to, but the email I get as a > result of the script running says only this in the body: > > rm: missing operand > Try 'rm --help' for more information.
Do you have a file with an odd name in either of those directories,
particularly one starting with a -
You could try adding "echo rm $(ls -1t ..." to the script to see what it
is actually trying to run.
Or you could use find instead
find $MySQL_BACKUP_DIR_nightly -type f -mtime +60 -exec rm {} +
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Neil Bothwick
The trouble with life is that you are halfway through it before you
realize it's a "do it yourself" thing.
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