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Operating Systems Solaris Deleting files Post 302097827 by Tornado on Wednesday 29th of November 2006 12:17:24 AM
Old 11-29-2006
You can use find.
Code:
find /var/tmp/* -user tstusr -mtime +5 -exec rm {};

/var/tmp - is the directory
-user tstuser - Is optional
Tornado
 

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mkepmlist - make an epm list file from a directory. SYNOPSIS
mkepmlist [ -g group ] [ -u user ] [ --prefix directory ] directory [ ... directory ] DESCRIPTION
mkepmlist recursively generates file list entries for files, links, and directories. The file list is send to the standard output. The -g option overrides the group ownership of the files in the specified directories with the specified group name. The -u option overrides the user ownership of the files in the specified directories with the specified user name. The --prefix option adds the specified directory to the destination path. For example, if you installed files to "/opt/foo" and wanted to build a distribution that installed the files in "/usr/local", the following command would generate a file list that is installed in "/usr/local": mkepmlist --prefix=/usr/local /opt/foo >foo.list SEE ALSO
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