I got it to work, thank you all for your suggestions.
-Dan
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From: Michael Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: November 26, 2002 12:11 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Shell Scripting Question.
find /path -ctime +2 -ok rm {} \;
This will find all files
try checking out the man page for find. It is the -mtime option if I
remember correctly.
On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Dan de Haan wrote:
> I have a simple shell script that runs from cron and makes a backup of some
> filed to another PC via NFS. I want to have it automatically delete old
> backups fo
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Shell Scripting Question.
I have a simple shell script that runs from cron and makes a backup of some
filed to another PC via NFS. I want to have it automatically delete old
backups form the NFS server. How would I do that, is there a delete files
older then N da
Dan de Haan wrote:
I have a simple shell script that runs from cron and makes a backup of some
filed to another PC via NFS. I want to have it automatically delete old
backups form the NFS server. How would I do that, is there a delete files
older then N days command?
-Dan
/usr/bin/find . -a
find /path -ctime +2 -ok rm {} \;
This will find all files starting with /path that have been changed
more than 2 days ago and will prompt you for deleting them one by one.
Get rid of the -ok if you KNOW it will delete only the files you want
deleted. Change -ctime to -atime to find by access ti
I have a simple shell script that runs from cron and makes a backup of some
filed to another PC via NFS. I want to have it automatically delete old
backups form the NFS server. How would I do that, is there a delete files
older then N days command?
-Dan
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