Delete old home directories

munch · #1 (**permalink**) 03-01-2006

I have a script that deletes obselete users from /etc/passwd then moves their home directories to another location. After 30 days, I need to delete the home directories that were moved to the new location. I would appreciate any ideas on how to delete the directories after the 30 days?

Perderabo · #2 (**permalink**) 03-01-2006

How about:
sleep 2529000
rm -rf /archive/$ouser

Just kidding.

Seriously, just have a second script that runs once a month which searches your archive directory and deletes old subdirectories.

munch · #3 (**permalink**) 03-02-2006

Thanks Perderabo.

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