Reg: delete older files from ftp

sam99 · #1 (**permalink**) 01-08-2008

Hi,

I want to delete older files from ftp server.
(files which are more than 5 days old).

Please advice

Thanks ,
sam

frank_rizzo · #2 (**permalink**) 01-08-2008

Code:

find /your/ftp/filesystem -mtime +5 -type f -exec rm {} \;

use with caution

sam99 · #3 (**permalink**) 01-09-2008

find will work in ftp????

could u confirm??

regards,
Sumith

frank_rizzo · #4 (**permalink**) 01-09-2008

no. run that directly on the ftp server.

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