12-15-2006
delete files and folders older than 3 days
find /basedirectory -type f -mtime +3 >> /tmp/tempfile
find /basedirectory -type d -mtime +3 >> /tmp/tempfile
mailx -s "List of removed files and folders"
myemail@domain.com < /tmp/te
mpfile
rm /tmp/tempfile
find /basedirectory -type f -mtime +3 -exec rm {} \;
find /basedirectory -type d -mtime +3 -exec rmdir {} \;
the script is not working perfectly: Some files older than 3 days are still there. Am I missing something??
thx
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Test::TempDir(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Test::TempDir(3pm)
NAME
Test::TempDir - Temporary files support for testing.
SYNOPSIS
use Test::TempDir;
my $test_tempdir = temp_root();
my ( $fh, $file ) = tempfile();
my $directory_scratch_obj = scratch();
DESCRIPTION
Test::TempDir provides temporary directory creation with testing in mind.
The differences between using this and using File::Temp are:
o If "t/tmp" is available (writable, creatable, etc) it's preferred over $ENV{TMPDIR} etc. Otherwise a temporary directory will be used.
This is "temp_root"
o Lockfiles are used on "t/tmp", to prevent race conditions when running under a parallel test harness.
o The "temp_root" is cleaned at the end of a test run, but not if tests failed.
o "temp_root" is emptied at the begining of a test run unconditionally.
o The default policy is not to clean the individual "tempfiles" and "tempdirs" within "temp_root", in order to aid in debugging of failed
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EXPORTS
temp_root
The root of the temporary stuff.
tempfile
tempdir
Wrappers for the File::Temp functions of the same name.
The default options are changed to use "temp_root" for "DIR" and disable "CLEANUP", but these are overridable.
scrach
Loads Directory::Scratch and instantiates a new one, with the same default options as "tempfile" and "tempdir".
SEE ALSO
File::Temp, Directory::Scratch, Path::Class
VERSION CONTROL
This module is maintained using Git. You can get the latest version from <git://github.com/nothingmuch/test-tempdir.git>.
AUTHOR
Yuval Kogman <nothingmuch@woobling.org>
COPYRIGHT
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This program is free software; you can redistribute
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