07-22-2008
sudhamacs and franklin52 make good points.
Test with "ls" first.
Check that ARCH_DEST is not blank.
Use "-type f" to only find files.
Here's another version with some more points:
This version:
* has no limit on the number of filenames.
* does nothing if there are no files to delete (and does not error).
* works if there are spaces in the filename or directory name.
* "escapes" the "*" and the "." in the "-name" parameter to avoid false matches.
#!/bin/ksh
if [ -d "${ARCH_DEST}" ]
then
find "${ARCH_DEST}/" -name \*\.gz -type f -mtime +0 -print | while read FILENAME
do
ls -ald "${FILENAME}"
# rm "${FILENAME}"
done
else
echo "ARCH_DEST incorrect or missing: ${ARCH_DEST}"
fi
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