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how to archive logs older than 5 days & then delete them?

My code is
tar -cvf logs.tar `find /usr/openv/logs/512*.log -mtime +2` && find *.log* -mtime +2 -exec rm {} \;

this gives me output as:
tar: Missing filenames

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Originally Posted by timus1980

My code is
tar -cvf logs.tar `find /usr/openv/logs/512*.log -mtime +2` && find *.log* -mtime +2 -exec rm {} \;

this gives me output as:
tar: Missing filenames Smilie

Smilie

You seem to archive logs older than *2* days, not older than *5* days, as in the title, but that only as an aside.

I would state the command differently, if only for readability:

Code:

find /usr/openv/logs -name "512*.log" -type f -mtime +2 -print | tar -cvf logs.tar
find /usr/openv/logs -name "512*.log" -type f -mtime +2 -exec rm -f {} \;

I hope this helps.

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