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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Deleting folder with Date format Post 302570546 by felipe.vinturin on Thursday 3rd of November 2011 02:52:13 PM
Old 11-03-2011
Can you work with number of days?
Code:
# In this case it will look for directories from 30 until 50 (30 + 20) days ago!
countValBack=20
initVal=30
countValues=`expr ${initVal} + ${countValBack}`

basePath="./"

while [ ${countValues} -ge ${initVal} ]
do
	currDate=`date -d "${countValues} days ago" +"%Y%m%d"`
	bpDate="${basePath}/${currDate}"
	if [ -d "${bpDate}" ]
	then
		echo "Removing directory: [${bpDate}] - [${countValues}] days ago..."
		rm -rf "${bpDate}"
		if [ ${?} -eq 0 ]
		then
			echo "Removed successffully!"
		else
			echo "Failed to remove."
		fi
	fi
	
	countValues=`expr ${countValues} - 1`
done

If not, check this link: https://www.unix.com/answers-frequent...rithmetic.html, it may help you!

Also, to delete a directory with its contents, you can use: "rm -rf <dir>" but be careful with it!

I hope it helps!
 

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createhomedir(1)					    BSD General Commands Manual 					  createhomedir(1)

NAME

     createhomedir -- create and populate home directories on the local computer.

SYNOPSIS

     createhomedir [-scbalh] [-n directoryDomainName] [-u username]

DESCRIPTION

     createhomedir provides several options for creating and populating home directories.

OPTIONS

     -s       creates home directories for server home paths only (default).

     -c       creates home directories for local home paths only.

     -b       creates home directories for both server and local home paths.

     -a       creates home directories for users defined in all directory domains of the server's search path.

     -l       creates home directories for users defined in the local directory domain.

     -L       causes the created home directory to be localized.

     -n directoryDomainName
	      creates home directories for users defined in a specific directory domain in the server's search path.

     -u username
	      creates a home directory for a specific user defined in the domain(s) identified in the -a, -l, or -n parameter. If you omit the -a,
	      -l, and -n parameters when you use the -u parameter, -a is assumed.

     -i       reads username list from standard input and creates specified home directories. Each username should be on its own line.

     -h       usage help.

FILES

     /usr/sbin/createhomedir			   location of tool

CAVEATS

     When using the -a option, search limits of various directory servers (such as Open Directory or Active Directory) can prevent all possible
     home directories from being created. In this case, you may need to specify the usernames explicitly.

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