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Shell script that count 90 day!!!

gigiz — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:41:32 GMT

Hi,
i need to cancel by script in a directory a file oldest than 90 day .
Help me Thanks a lot .....

Re: Shell script that count 90 day!!!

Pete Randall — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:43:57 GMT

find /dirname -type f -mtime +90 -exec rm {} \;

Pete

Re: Shell script that count 90 day!!!

Ivan Ferreira — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:47:51 GMT

Hi gigiz, the command above is perfect, but just be carefull when you specify the mtime value, if you do a mistake and instead of +90 you specify -90, you will delete all files that where created in the last 90 days.

Re: Shell script that count 90 day!!!

James R. Ferguson — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:18:14 GMT

Hi:

If your directory has potentially a large number of candiates for removal, it is far more efficient to use 'xargs' in lieu of '-exec' to buffer many file name arguments into one 'rm' process:

# find /path -xdev -type f -mtime +90 | xargs rm

Regards!

...JRf...

Re: Shell script that count 90 day!!!

Nguyen Anh Tien — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:49:17 GMT

Hi Gigiz
I see the command pete given to you is the best!
#find /dirname -type f -mtime +90 -exec rm {} \;

tienna

Re: Shell script that count 90 day!!!

Arturo Galbiati — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 04:51:02 GMT

Hi

find start_directory -type f -mtime +90 -exec rm {} \;

HTH,
Art

Re: Shell script that count 90 day!!!

gigiz — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 08:01:45 GMT

OK!!!!