RE: remove old files from dictory

From: Clark, Patricia (Clarkp_at_osti.gov)
Date: 01/04/05

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Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:22:37 -0500

    This will delete the files. You will want to run some tests using the
    -print option on a subdirectory to verify that you are indeed identifying
    and will be removing the files that you want first.

    To test:
    find <put the path of the start directory here> -ctime +730 -print

    To run:
    find <put the path of the start directory here> -ctime +730 -exec rm {} \;

    This can take quite a while. I would suggest having multiple sessions
    running on the subdirectories to reduce the time. Also, as for deleting the
    directories/subdirectories, you were not clear on whether the timestamp was
    the only deciding factor. I would make a second pass and remove only the
    empty directories with the rmdir command. Read up on the find command for
    more information. Also, make sure you have a backup of the directories
    before starting on this.

    Patti

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Jianping Zhu [mailto:jzhu@fisher.forestry.uga.edu]
    Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 12:34 PM
    To: redhat-list@redhat.com
    Subject: remove old files from dictory

     OS redhat 9.0
     I have a huge direcory (more than 30 GB) I want to take all the files and
     sub-dirctries which are created more than
     two year ago out of the dicctory. Does anyone have a script to do this
     kind of work?
     Thank 

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