Automatically delete old files

depam · 01-25-2006, 07:03 PM

Guys,

I'm doing backup of files. What I want to do is I want to delete files older than 5 days on a directory. Can someone give me script to do this? Or at least the syntax in rm command? Thanks.

pljvaldez · 01-25-2006, 07:15 PM

try rm -i `find /thedirectory/goes/here -type f -atime 5`. Note that the ` is the apostrophe on the ~ key of a standard US keyboard.

man find for the other options like -ctime (last status changed n*24 hours ago) or -mtime (last modified n*24 hours ago) instead of -atime (last accessed n*24 hours ago)...