Comments on: Delete all directories more than a week old http://systembash.com/content/delete-directories-older-than-week/ Technology and System Administration Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:04:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Dave http://systembash.com/content/delete-directories-older-than-week/#comment-3461 Dave Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:21:49 +0000 http://systembash.com/content/delete-directories-older-than-week/#comment-3461 That is correct - I actually have it with a \n (newline character) but wordpress stripped it out of my post. using $i there is correct. That is correct - I actually have it with a \n (newline character) but wordpress stripped it out of my post. using $i there is correct.

]]> By: Michael Steinfeld http://systembash.com/content/delete-directories-older-than-week/#comment-3460 Michael Steinfeld Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:02:55 +0000 http://systembash.com/content/delete-directories-older-than-week/#comment-3460 I think you meant to have this .. for i in `find /home/backup/ -maxdepth 1 -type d -mtime +7 -print` do echo -e "Deleting directory $i" #you have "in" not "i" rm -rf $i done also you can just use a find one liner: find /home/backup/ -maxdepth 1 -type d -mtime +7 -exec echo "Removing Directory => {}" \; -exec rm -rf "{}" \; Keep in mind that -mtime n is rounded up to the next *full* 24-hour period. So for e.g -mtime +0 would find the directories that have not been modified starting with the day before yesterday. I think you meant to have this ..

for i in `find /home/backup/ -maxdepth 1 -type d -mtime +7 -print`
do echo -e “Deleting directory $i” #you have “in” not “i”
rm -rf $i
done

also you can just use a find one liner:

find /home/backup/ -maxdepth 1 -type d -mtime +7 -exec echo “Removing Directory => {}” \; -exec rm -rf “{}” \;

Keep in mind that -mtime n is rounded up to the next *full* 24-hour period. So for e.g -mtime +0 would find the directories that have not been modified starting with the day before yesterday.

]]> By: Kumaran http://systembash.com/content/delete-directories-older-than-week/#comment-173 Kumaran Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:50:41 +0000 http://systembash.com/content/delete-directories-older-than-week/#comment-173 Good one!! Good one!!

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