topic Re: script for deleting files in Operating System - HP-UX

script for deleting files

rustam2 — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:34:56 GMT

Hi all,

I need to delete all files from one catalog. The main rule is - files older than sysdate - 7 days should be deleted. For instance, today is 10.04.2012.and all files older 03.04.2012 must be deleted. is it possible to have script for this situation? then i will use this script in cron job.

thanks and regards,

rustam2

Re: script for deleting files

Hiren N Dave — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:55:27 GMT

Try below command....

# find /catalog -atime +7 -exec rm -i {} \;

also try -ctime for findind files based on creation date

Re: script for deleting files

rustam2 — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:30:25 GMT

Thanks Hiren!

So, if i'm going to delete files from catalog /tmp/test/ i have to to run:

# find /temp/test/ -atime +7 -exec rm -i {} \;

Re: script for deleting files

Hiren N Dave — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:43:29 GMT

Yes.

Check man pages for find command for -atime and -ctime usage to suit your requirements.

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Re: script for deleting files

Dennis Handly — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:05:25 GMT

># find /catalog -atime +7 -exec rm -i {} \;

If you want speed and limit it to normal files, you would use "+":

find /catalog -type f -atime +7 -exec rm -f {} +

>also try -ctime for finding files based on creation date

Not hardly. -ctime is for inode change time. Creation date isn't saved on Unix systems.

You can use -mtime for modification time.

>if I'm going to delete files from directory /tmp/test/ i have to to run:

Yes, or:

find /temp/test/ -type f -mtime +7 -exec rm -f {} +