Need help for writing Script

vikrambhimbar · 03-05-2006, 03:23 AM

Hi ,

I am trying to write script which will delete two days older files from /tmp directory on my server.
I am able to list down the files which are two days older but not able to del them.

Can any one help me regarding this..

Thanks.
Vikram

gilead · 03-05-2006, 04:08 AM

If you're using find to identify the files, something like the following might do the job:

Code:

find /tmp -type f -mtime +2 -exec rm -f {} \;

Or to avoid recursing the directories

Code:

find /tmp -type f -maxdepth 1 -mtime +2 -exec rm -f {} \;

Unless you're completely certain that no false positives can occur I'd suggest a trial run first:

Code:

find /tmp -type f -mtime +2 -exec ls -l {} \; > ~/trial-run.log

Or to avoid recursing the directories

Code:

find /tmp -type f -maxdepth 1 -mtime +2 -exec ls -l {} \; > ~/trial-run.log

vikrambhimbar · 03-05-2006, 04:28 AM

Hi

Thanks for your help.
This thing works .

Thanks
Vikram