"Steven W. Orr" wrote: > On Wednesday, Oct 15th 2003 at 15:20 +1000, quoth John Colville: > > =>Jake McHenry wrote: > => > =>> > -----Original Message----- > =>> > From: shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > =>> > [mailto:shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephen Mah > =>> > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 7:49 PM > =>> > To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > =>> > Subject: Re: Scripting Question > =>> > > =>> > > =>> > you can probably use the find command, to find files that are > =>> > older than > =>> > 4 days. Use the -exec option to remove the file. > =>> > > =>> Something like this? > =>> > =>> find /archive/backup/sql* -mtime 4 -exec rm -f -r > =>> > =>> That gives me an error: find: missing argument to `-exec' > =>> > =>> The man page isn't very good on find. It helped a lot, but some of the > =>> stuff is kinda fuzzy. > =>> > =>> Jake > =>> > => > =>You need to add '{} \;' to the above to make it work I think. > =>i.e. > => > =>find /archive/backup/sql* -mtime 4 -exec rm -f -r {} \; > > Everyone should learn the xargs command. > > find /archive/backup/sql* -mtime 4 -print | xargs rm -f > > Note that the rm command is not getting the -r option because we are not > deleting directories, only files. If you use -exec you will be starting > one seperate chile process for every file to be deleted. This is not a big > deal for small problems, but it is a huge deal for huge trees. By using > xargs, you are reducing the number of child processes to a *very* small > number. > Thanks Steven. I'm happy to use xargs - I've always found the braces solution far too cryptic anyway ! Cheers, John > > -- > -Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have - > -happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ > -Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- > -individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question? > steveo at syslang.net > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
