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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Script that will Delete and Maintain Files Post 302586157 by joeyg on Friday 30th of December 2011 09:34:24 AM
Old 12-30-2011
So, when done, you simply want to make sure that only three log files are kept?

As in, on the 30th the directory would have:
20111228-
20111229-
20111230-

And then on the 31st the directory would have:
20111228-
20111229-
20111230-
20111231-

BUT, you want to get rid of the 20111228- file?
 

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rt-shredder(8)						     Request Tracker Reference						    rt-shredder(8)

NAME
rt-shredder - Script which wipes out tickets from RT DB SYNOPSIS
rt-shredder --plugin list rt-shredder --plugin help-Tickets rt-shredder --plugin 'Tickets=query,Queue="general" and Status="deleted"' rt-shredder --sqldump unshred.sql --plugin ... rt-shredder --force --plugin ... DESCRIPTION
rt-shredder - is script that allow you to wipe out objects from RT DB. This script uses API that RT::Shredder module adds to RT. Script can be used as example of usage of the shredder API. USAGE
You can use several options to control which objects script should wipeout. OPTIONS
--sqldump <filename> Outputs INSERT queries into file. This dump can be used to restore data after wiping out. By default creates files <RT_home>/var/data/RT-Shredder/<ISO_date>-XXXX.sql --object (DEPRECATED) Option has been deprecated, use plugin "Objects" instead. --plugin '<plugin name>[=<arg>,<val>[;<arg>,<val>]...]' You can use plugins to select RT objects with various conditions. See also --plugin list and --plugin help options. --plugin list Output list of the available plugins. --plugin help-<plugin name> Outputs help for specified plugin. --force Script doesn't ask any questions. SEE ALSO
RT::Shredder perl v5.14.2 2013-05-22 rt-shredder(8)
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