Re: [cobalt-users] deleteing old files

[Parker Morse <morse@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom quoted me:
> 
>> From: "Chris Demain" <cdemain@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> hi does anyone if there is a way to delete file out of a specified
>>> directory if they are older then  a required date
> 
>> man find
>> 
>> here are some interesting options (tip of the iceberg):
>> -mmin n
>> File's data was last modified n minutes ago.
>> 
>> -mtime n
>> File's data was last modified n*24 hours ago.
>> 
>> -name pattern
>> Base of file name (the path with the leading direc­
>> tories removed) matches shell pattern pattern.  The
>> metacharacters  (`*', `?', and `[]') do not match a
>> `.' at the start of the base  name.   To  ignore  a
>> directory  and  the files under it, use -prune; see
>> an example in the description of -path.
>> 
>> -newer file
>> File was modified more recently than file.   -newer
>> is affected by -follow only if -follow comes before
>> -newer on the command line.
>> 
>> 
>> find . -type f --some_options | xargs rm
> 
> Comparing various ways of skinning cats: I've used the following:
> 
> rm -rdf $(find /path/to/ftp/ -ctime +7)
> 
> to clear files older than a week in my incoming FTP directory. The flaw here
> is that it refuses to delete directories, even though it supposedly should.
> Perhaps I should try your way?

and added:
 
> do you do this maualy or do you have some sort of script which runs on its
> own

I run it as a cron job - do "man crontab" to find out how.

pjm