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Old 09-13-2010
Shell Script for moving 3 days old file to Archive Folder

Hi Experts,

I have a "Source" folder which may contain some files. I need a shell script which should move all files which are older than 3 days to "Archive" folder.

Thanks in Advance...
# 2  
Old 09-14-2010
Have you tried writing one? Are you getting any errors? This can be done with a simple find command. **hint** **hint** man find
# 3  
Old 09-14-2010
Dear Frank,

I am a SAP Developer, I have very little knowledge of Unix scripts. I will try to find out from the unix help. Thank you.
# 4  
Old 09-14-2010
Code:
cd /Source

find . -type f -mtime +3 -exec mv {} /Archive \;

# 5  
Old 09-14-2010
Dear rdcwayx,

Thank you very much. It is working.
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