topic Re: Delete Script in Operating System - HP-UX

Delete Script

Prabhu_7 — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 18:37:13 GMT

I'm looking for a script , which deletes all files those are modified 2 months back and prior to that.

find /backup_files -name 'branch_file*' -type f -xdev -mtime +60 -exec rm {} \;

This removes only files that are modified between 1416 hours(59th day) and 1440 hours (60th days) back.
But i also want to delete files that was accessed 2 yrs back. So i need a generalized
script which deletes all files older(modified) than 2 months.

Thanks

Re: Delete Script

Paula J Frazer-Campbell — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 18:43:35 GMT

HI

This post covers what you require:-

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x5a4135a43b46d71190080090279cd0f9,00.html

Paula

Re: Delete Script

Steven E. Protter — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 18:53:23 GMT

Script is attached.

It only works with cron, ie no terminal. You will have to hack it to make it work with a TERM session. Its not hard though.

It uses a configuration file that lets you limit what directories it can touch. Just include the folder or filesystem name.

SEP

Re: Delete Script

Steven E. Protter — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 18:54:11 GMT

Re: Delete Script

James R. Ferguson — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 19:34:00 GMT

Hi Prabhu:

You might try this modification:

# find /backup_files -xdev \( -type f -a -name "branch_file*" -a -mtime +60 \) -exec rm {} \;

Note that spaces follow the open parentheses and precede the close parentheses. Note, too, that the parentheses must be escaped.

Regards!

...JRF...