Delete old files and folders Script?

AsteX · 10-15-2004, 04:44 AM

Hi LQ,

I need a small script to delete files and folders if they are older than 3 months. I can't seem to find any script that can do this?
And it would be sweet if it would maked a small log of what was deleted!

Thanks..

/Jesper

320mb · 10-15-2004, 04:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by AsteX
Hi LQ,

I need a small script to delete files and folders if they are older than 3 months. I can't seem to find any script that can do this?
And it would be sweet if it would maked a small log of what was deleted!

you really need to learn $BASH scripting and write your own...................

AsteX · 10-15-2004, 05:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by 320mb
you really need to learn $BASH scripting and write your own...................

I guess so

No help from you!

/Jesper

bmeckle · 10-21-2004, 09:08 AM

Try the find command.

I believe you could use the -mtime flag to get what you are looking for.

geppo_01 · 11-11-2004, 06:26 PM

Check out tmpwatch. I believe it is pretty standard on most distributions.

NAME
tmpwatch - removes files which haven?t been accessed for a period of
time

SYNOPSIS
tmpwatch [-u|-m|-c] [-faqstv] [--verbose] [--force] [--all] [--test]
[--fuser ] [--atime|--mtime|--ctime] [--quiet] <hours>
<dirs>

I run it every night using cron to keep my scratch partition clean.

Gerald