Oh if you only knew... BUT, I have Linux now and I'm trying to become one with my inner geek. Beside the obvious syntactical differences, there don't seem to be as many cute little shortcuts. And I don't have any shoulders to stand on anymore. Alas.... You all shall know me well before long! -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Krautkramer, John Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 10:00 AM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: RE: Delete Files based on Date VMS... the OS that deserves the Energizer bunny as it's logo! -----Original Message----- From: Kelley.Coleman@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Kelley.Coleman@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:54 AM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Delete Files based on Date Thank you, Ed and Stephen. The find worked like a charm. And, yes, VMS does kick butt. ;-) -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]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@xxxxxxxxxx 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@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
