Script to delete files on schedule

larrybg · 09-16-2013, 07:50 PM

Hi everyone,
Please help - I need a script that will run on schedule and delete folders and files from the NAS drive older than X days.

Thanks

TB0ne · 09-16-2013, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by larrybg

Hi everyone,
Please help - I need a script that will run on schedule and delete folders and files from the NAS drive older than X days.
Thanks

Ok..we'll be glad to help you, but we will NOT write your scripts for you. There are many easily-found bash scripting tutorials; start there. Post what you've written/tried, and tell us where you're stuck.

Otherwise, read the man page on the find command, and pay particular attention to the ctime/mtime parameters.

J.A.X · 09-16-2013, 08:59 PM

Hi there,

You may want to look at the man pages for cron.

Write a script to remove the X days old files, cron daemon will run the script for you at a specific time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron

I hope this helped