List directory 7 days older

krishnarao · #1 (**permalink**) 06-28-2007

Say folder archive/ contains many folder each created on a day. this folder may contain files. i want to write a script to delete all the folder inside archive/ which are 7 days older. i used the below script for the reason.

find archive -mtime +7 -type d -exec rm -r {} \;

pls suggest me if the above command is correct or any other way to handle this.

Shell_Life · #2 (**permalink**) 06-28-2007

Your command is fine -- it should work without problems.

krishnarao · #3 (**permalink**) 06-28-2007

Thanks for the suggestion.

Franklin52 · #4 (**permalink**) 06-28-2007

Add a slash in front of the directory name:

Code:

find /archive -mtime +7 -type d -exec rm -r {} \;

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