thank you so much...

with this post i learn the power of xargs....

i make an script and maybe could be useful for you...

it´s checks the size of the directory and if pass the limit, then check the oldest file and delete it...

This procces is in a loop.... when the spaces fit the limits that you previusly input, the scripts stops...

here is the code:


#bin/bash
#valor 0 es ok
#valor 1 es demasiado grande
. /arwebmin/variables/variables.conf
estado=0
LIMIT=1
limite=$syslogsize

while [ "$estado" -lt "$LIMIT" ]
do

size=`du $dir_incoming | cut -f 1`

echo "$size"
if [ $size -ge $espacio_maximo ] ; then
echo "es mayor"
echo "borrando: $dir_incoming$archivo"
ls -tb $dir_incoming | tail -1 | xargs rm -f

else
echo "es menor"
estado="1"

fi

done


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regards!.