howto delete files via ftp from cron job ?
 

hi

I use this command from cron job

15 4 * * * root tar Pcj /usr/local/httpd | ncftpput -c -u <your_username_on_remote_host> -p <your_pass_on_remote_host> <remote_host> <directory_on_remote_host>/save-`date +%Y.%m.%d-%H%M`.tar.bz2

to save daily via ftp the whole Web server data

it's working well. but now I have
a lot backup files !

how to use this and delete at the same time all old ones backup files ?

kind regards
cccc

I'm using the find command to delete the backup files which have a modification time ( mtime ) greater than 90 days. Modification time in this case is when the file is created.
You may be able to change this to meet your needs. :)


#!/bin/bash
filename=`date '+%m%d%y'`
tar -cvzf /mnt/backup/${filename}.tar.gz /home
#Delete old files with the following command
find /mnt/backup -type f -name '*.gz' -mtime +90 -exec rm {} \;

thanks,

I will try this...

kind regards
cccc