RE: Delete Files based on Date

From: Krautkramer, John (John.Krautkramer_at_Micrel.Com)
Date: 03/30/05

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    Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 09:00:15 -0800
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    VMS... the OS that deserves the Energizer bunny as it's logo!

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Kelley.Coleman@med.va.gov [mailto:Kelley.Coleman@med.va.gov]
    Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:54 AM
    To: redhat-list@redhat.com
    Subject: RE: Delete Files based on Date

    Thank you, Ed and Stephen. The find worked like a charm.

    And, yes, VMS does kick ***. ;-)

    -----Original Message-----
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    [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Ed Wilts
    Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 9:43 AM
    To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
    Subject: Re: Delete Files based on Date

    On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 10:30:23AM -0600, Kelley.Coleman@med.va.gov wrote:
    > I'm somewhat hampered by my OpenVMS experience with this problem.

    VMS forever!!!

    > I need a script that will remove all but the latest five files in a
    > folder. There is only one file per day and I want to keep five days
    > worth.

    There are couple of options - find and tmpwatch. Here are some examples:
    find /var/log/samba -mtime +5 -exec rm {} \;
    tmpwatch 120 /var/log/samba
    tmpwatch --nodirs --mtime 120/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/

    Both will do what you want. You can look at the various timestamps to
    see if you want to base your deletion on created time, modified time, or
    access time. 

    -- 
Ed Wilts, RHCE
Mounds View, MN, USA
mailto:ewilts@ewilts.org
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