moveing files after they get to old - Shell Programming and Scripting

jlboss · #1 07-21-2006

I can find the files that are to old in the directory

find /dir -mtime +45 -type f -print

but but I need to move them to a archive directory while retaining there subdirectory.

Example

mv /dir1/dir2/dir3/file1 /archive/dir1/dir2/dir3/file1
but /archive does not have any directory in it.

any idea how to do that. Thanks

crabbie_upk · #2 07-22-2006

Just write a perl/shell script with the below steps.

1. Have the result set retuned by find command into array
2. For each file determine the path and create complete dir structure (use command mkdir -p dir1/dir2/dir3) under "archive" directory.
3. Nove move the file from current location into newly created directory.

Please let us know if this fails.

jim mcnamara · #3 07-22-2006

Here is one way:

Code:

#!/bin/ksh
find /dir1 -mtime +45 -type f  | \
while read filename
do
    dir=$( basename "$file" )
    isthere=$( find /archive -name "$dir" -type d )
    if [[ ${#isthere} -eq 0 ]] ; then
        mkdir /archive"$dir"
    fi
    mv "$file"  /archive"$file"
done

Hitori · #4 07-22-2006

May be this will be beter:

Quote:

Originally Posted by jim mcnamara

Here is one way:

Code:

#!/bin/ksh
find /dir1 -mtime +45 -type f  | \
while read filename
do
    dir=$( basename "$file" )
    isthere=$( find /archive -name "$dir" -type d )
    if [[ ${#isthere} -eq 0 ]] ; then
        mkdir -p /archive"$dir"
    fi
    mv "$file"  /archive"$file"
done

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