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Old 02-08-2010
delete old files thru unix script
I have to delete files older than 60 days from a windows directory. So I tried to include this script

Code:
FTP_LOG=${DATA_TOP}/data_tmp/logfile
FTP_CMDS=${DATA_TOP}/data_tmp/cmdfile
echo "open ftp1" > ${FTP_CMDS}
echo "user anonymous local" >> ${FTP_CMDS}
echo "cd ${SRC_DIR}" >> ${FTP_CMDS}
echo "find . -mtime +56 -exec rm -f {} \;" >> ${FTP_CMDS}
echo "bye" >> ${FTP_CMDS}
ftp -iv ${SERVER_NAME} < ${FTP_CMDS} > ${FTP_LOG}

But it is not recognizing the find command. I am getting "?Invalid command" error. The command works fine in command line in unix.
any thoughts?
Last edited by pludi; 02-08-2010 at 02:30 PM.. Reason: code tags, please...
# 2  
Old 02-08-2010
If you are connecting to a Windows server with your ftp, which I assume that you are, you'll have to use Windows commands to search and locate the files that you are looking for. The commands within a ftp session are limited. Google "windows ftp commands" to find a list of them.

Hope this helps.
# 3  
Old 02-08-2010
thanks. couldn't find how to specify to delete files older than 'n' days..
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Old 02-08-2010
@snair001

The unix command "find" is not available within a ftp session. Some ftp commands have similar syntax to unix commands but when you are in an ftp session you are not in a unix shell. If your only access to the server is an anonymous ftp session it may be advisible to approach the administrator of the server to handle filesystem maintenance tasks.
Last edited by methyl; 02-09-2010 at 01:35 PM.. Reason: typo
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