On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 23:15 05 Jun 2002, Jesse Angell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> | Here is my script
> | #!/bin/sh
>
> Note - this isn't bash - it's generic Bourne shell - works in bash, ksh, etc.
> Always a worthy goal. It merely happens that /bin/sh is bash on most Linux
> systems.
>
> | cp $root/$instance/psdata/pserver.prefs $root/$instance/psdata/backup/pserver
> | `date +%y%m%d`.prefs
> |
> | This script is ran daily. The one thing that I need to do is set it so after
> | those are 5 days old the script deletes them. ( the backups) as it would become
> | hectic after a few months.
> | How do I have it delete the files that are 5 days old?
>
> find $root/$instance/psdata/backup/pserver????????.prefs -mtime + 5 -exec rm {} ';'
^^^^^^^^^^
first, that should read "-mtime +5". but what does the poster mean by "5
days old"? access time? modification time? check out "man find" for the
possibilities.
rday
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