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06-23-2006

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The script below will search for files older than $FileAge and compress it. You can change the compress command to delete.

Hope this helps.

#!/bin/ksh
echo "Enter age of file to retain for this compress
echo "1) 1 month 3) 3 months"
echo "2) 2 months 4) Exit"
echo "Please enter your choice : \c"
read choice

case $choice in
1)
echo "compressing all files older than 1 month"
FileAge=30
echo "processing...";;
2)
echo "compressing all files older than 2 months"
FileAge=60
echo "processing...";;
3)
echo "compressing all files older than 3 months"
FileAge=90
echo "processing...";;
4)
echo "You have chosen to exit"
exit;;
*)
echo "Sorry, that's not in the menu.";;
esac

# Compress files that does not end with .Z and .gz from $CompressPath dir
echo "Compressing files from $CurrDir" >&2
for VAR1 in `find "${CompressPath}/." $ ! -name . -a ! -name '*.Z' -a ! -name '*.gz' $ -prune -type f -mountstop -mtime +${FileAge}`
do
# check if an existing compresed name is existing for the target file
if [ -a ${VAR1}.gz ] || [ -a ${VAR1}.Z ]
then
# Append a datestamp to the file
VAR2="${VAR1}.${TimeStamp}"
mv $VAR1 $VAR2

# Proceed to compress this renamed file
#${GZIP} $VAR2
gzip $VAR2
else
#${GZIP} $VAR1
gzip $VAR1
fi
done

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echo

echo(1B)					     SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands						  echo(1B)

NAME

       echo - echo arguments to standard output

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/ucb/echo [-n] [argument]

DESCRIPTION

       echo writes its arguments, separated by BLANKs and terminated by a NEWLINE, to the standard output.

       echo  is useful for producing diagnostics in command files and for sending known data into a pipe, and for displaying the contents of envi-
       ronment variables.

       For example, you can use echo to determine how many subdirectories below the root directory (/) is your current directory, as follows:

	 o  echo your current-working-directory's full pathname

	 o  pipe the output through tr to translate the path's embedded slash-characters into space-characters

	 o  pipe that output through wc -w for a count of the names in your path.

	      example% /usr/bin/echo "echo $PWD | tr '/' ' ' | wc -w"

       See tr(1) and wc(1) for their functionality.

       The shells csh(1), ksh(1), and sh(1), each have an echo built-in command, which, by default, will have precedence, and will be  invoked	if
       the  user  calls  echo without a full pathname. /usr/ucb/echo and csh's echo() have an -n option, but do not understand back-slashed escape
       characters. sh's echo(), ksh's echo(), and /usr/bin/echo, on the other hand, understand the  black-slashed  escape  characters,	and  ksh's
       echo() also understands a as the audible bell character; however, these commands do not have an -n option.

OPTIONS

       -n	Do not add the NEWLINE to the output.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWscpu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       csh(1), echo(1), ksh(1), sh(1), tr(1),  wc(1), attributes(5)

NOTES

       The -n option is a transition aid for BSD applications, and may not be supported in future  releases.

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