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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting shell script to remove old files and write to a log file Post 302197221 by yabai on Tuesday 20th of May 2008 12:15:12 PM
Old 05-20-2008
shell script to remove old files and write to a log file
Hi,

I have a script that works on a unix box but am trying to get it working on a linux box that uses shell. I am not a programmer so this is proving harder than I imagined. I made some changes and ended up with the script below but when I run it I get the following messages. Any help would be great.

messages
./cleanoldbackups.sh: line 18: syntax error near unexpected token `fi'
./cleanoldbackups.sh: line 18: `fi '


script
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
2>&1
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Check run type - r report, d delete
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
set RUN_TYPE= $1
if [! [$RUN_TYPE == 'r' || $RUN_TYPE == 'd']] then
echo "Invalid parameter" $RUN_TYPE
exit
fi
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Set local variables
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
set LOGFILE= /exlibris/dtl/d3_1/log/cleanoldbackups.log.`date '+%Y%m%d_%H%M%S'`
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Switch to backup directory. Find and report/delete files
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
cd /directory/backup
#switch $RUN_TYPE
case r
find . -atime +8 | sort | xargs ls -l >>$LOGFILE
breaksw
case d
find . -atime +8 -exec rm {} \; >>$LOGFILE
esac
 

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NAME

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SYNOPSIS

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DESCRIPTION

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