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delete files older than 30 days script - not working (WHY)

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digitaljunkie
 PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:40 am   

Joined: Wed May 09, 2007 4:07 pm
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OK so heres my script it supposed to delete any files in the directory that are older than 30 days...

I did get it working now its broken -lol


Code:
#!/bin/bash
##
## Only edit the next 2 lines.
#
DIR="/TEST"
DAYSOLD="30"
#
if [ -d $DIR ];then
find "$DIR" -maxdepth 0 -mtime +$DAYSOLD -delete
else
echo "$DIR does not exist or is not a directory."
fi
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jbsnake
 PostPosted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:49 am   
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Joined: Tue May 17, 2005 7:31 pm
Posts: 251
Location: Georgia
it would be best to describe what you mean by "broken". was there an error? if so, what was it? if you can paste the exact error, that would get best results.
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tripkipke
 PostPosted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:40 am   

Joined: Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:10 pm
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use -maxdepth 1 it will check $DIR but not its subfolders.

find "$DIR" -maxdepth 1 -mtime +$DAYSOLD -exec rm -f {} \;
or
find "$DIR" -maxdepth 1 -mtime +$DAYSOLD | xargs rm
or
find "$DIR" -maxdepth 1 -mtime +$DAYSOLD -delete
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nobbe64
 PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 3:13 am   

Joined: Sun Dec 18, 2011 4:23 am
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I think it will only recurse in directorys which are +$DAYSOLD

Ciao Nobbe
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