Need to create a script to move files from one directory to another

mustang05 · 06-02-2006, 08:56 AM

I am running Sun OS 5.8, OpenWindows 6.4.1 on a Sun Sparc Ultra station. The script I'm trying to create involves moving files that are more then thirty days old from one directory to another on acoording to a set time scedule. What shell commands would i need to try to get this to work?

unSpawn · 06-02-2006, 10:04 AM

find, mv and crontab.

mustang05 · 06-02-2006, 10:40 AM

I already know those commands, I needed to know the rest of the path of the command for lets say a dir called 555555 that I was trying to move.

Blinker_Fluid · 06-02-2006, 11:11 AM

Something like this?

#to show you what you would actually move (doesn't do anything)
find /path/to/directory -ctime +30 -exec ls -l {} \;

#to actually move the files
find /path/to/directory -ctime +30 -exec mv {} /path/to/new/directory \:

spyghost · 06-16-2006, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Blinker_Fluid

Something like this?

#to show you what you would actually move (doesn't do anything)
find /path/to/directory -ctime +30 -exec ls -l {} \;

#to actually move the files
find /path/to/directory -ctime +30 -exec mv {} /path/to/new/directory \:

just add these to crontab and make sure you have rw access in the source and desitnation directories