HP-UX shell script

[Roro_2]

Hi,

I need help in order to create a shell script which delete contineiusly files created one year ago.
means that one the file should be deleted once its creation date exceeds one year

Thanks and Regards

Joe

[Ivan Krastev]

See this thread for examples - http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1083025


regards,
ivan

[Pete Randall]

Joe,

First you need to be aware that Unix has no method of tracking creation time - the time stamp on a file is the last modified time.

Given that, you can use a simple find command to accomplish your goal:

find /start-dir -type f -mtime +365 -exec rm {} \;

- or -

find /start-dir -type f -mtime +365 |xargs rm

The second method is a bit more efficient since the first spawns a separate process for each removal.


Pete

[Dennis Handly]

>Pete: The second method is a bit more efficient

Change the first to:
find /start-dir -type f -mtime +365 -exec rm +