Purge Old Files Script

[Justin Bennett]

ok will put something based on this info, thanks everyone who replied. I
assume the -type f  is files, howbout blowing away empty directories then?

Robert Meyer said:
> Not a good idea to start any find with 'rm' at the root
> directory, especially if you're root.  Bad things can ensue.
>
> Also, depending on the shell, you may have to escape the '{}' chars or
> the shell will try to interpet them.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Bob
> --- Mark Musone <mmusone at shatterit.com> wrote:
>> Essentially all you need is something to the effect of:
>>
>>
>> find / -atime X -type f -exec rm {} \;
>>
>> Put that in a cron job, and that should be all you need!!
>>
>> P.s. the atime and x is kinda relative to your needs, when you say
>> older,
>> Do you mean not accessed or not modified..etc..check the man on find
>> for all the options..
>>
>> -Mark
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-nflug at nflug.org [mailto:owner-nflug at nflug.org] On Behalf
>> Of Justin Bennett
>> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 10:23 AM
>> To: nflug at nflug.org
>> Subject: Purge Old Files Script
>>
>>
>> I'm looking for a script to delete files older than x number of days.
>> There is an area on our samba server thats rw for everyone, where
>> users put stuff temporaily for others to get at. It's getting out of
>> control lots of old stuff. I want to have a script that blows away old
>> stuff. I supose I could write something, just wondering anyone has
>> something they'd be willing to share.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Justin
>>
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>> -------------------------------------------
>> Justin Bennett
>> Red Hat (Linux) Certified Engineer
>> Network Administrator
>> Dynabrade Inc.
>> 8989 Sheridan Dr
>> Clarence, NY 14031
>> 716-631-0100 ext 215
>>
>>
>
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> Bob Meyer
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Justin Bennett
Red Hat (Linux) Certified Engineer
Network Administrator
Dynabrade Inc.
8989 Sheridan Dr
Clarence, NY 14031
716-631-0100 ext 215