Hi,
I was wondering if there is a command to delete a file in the future.

For example: If I create a file named unix.lst using the vi editor, but after I create it, what command will be suitable to delete "unix" files from the system at 13:40 military time with no log file.

I was going to use : find /root -name unix -exec rm {} \;
but I believe that it wont really work the way I want it to.
It would be extra helpful if you could give an command example using my original unix example.
I would really appreciate your take on this.
Thanks in advance

If you know the dir of the unix.lst file eg /data, then
and use either the at cmd http://linux.die.net/man/1/at for a one-off occurrence, or use cron http://www.adminschoice.com/crontab-quick-reference for repeated occurrences.

If you don't know the location(?), then
and use at or cron as above.

i suppose you could use cron to remove it, but it will leave a log.

You could use 'sleep':

Could you explain why you would want to delete a file in the /root directory without leaving a trace?

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Thanks for your responses.
The root was just an example similar to the one in the book I was reading for practice.