11-13-2008
help with removing files which are n days old
Hi ,
I need to remove files from a specific directory which are 7 days old
using folowing find comand as:
find /home/dir1/log -name "run*.log" -mtime +6 -prune -exec rm -f {} \;
but my script should traverse to /home/dir1/log
and them delete the specified files in the directory.
i.e instead of rm home/dir1/log/run*.log. it should do rm run*.log
please help me
Thanks and Regards
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db_printlog
db_printlog(8) System Manager's Manual db_printlog(8)
NAME
db_printlog - Displays database log file (Enhanced Security)
SYNOPSIS
/usr/tcb/bin/db_printlog [-h home]
FLAGS
Specify a home directory for the database. The correct directory for enhanced security is /var/tcb/files.
DESCRIPTION
A customized version of the Berkeley Database (Berkeley DB) is embedded in the operating system to provide high-performance database sup-
port for critical security files. The DB includes full transactional support and database recovery, using write-ahead logging and check-
pointing to record changes.
The db_printlog utility provides a way to view the log file associated with the security database.
RETURN VALUES
The db_printlog utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
If the -h option is not specified and the environment variable DB_HOME is set, it is used as the path of the database home. The home
directory for security is /var/tcb/files.
FILES
/var/tcb/files/auth.db
/var/tcb/files/dblogs/*
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