I have a script which would monitor a given directory and delete any files which are older than 10 days. I was going to set the 10 crob jobs to perform this operation for 10 different directories (some are actually sub-directories), but my boss doesn't like that idea, so I need to do that in one... (1 Reply)
I need to know how I would be able to clean out the trash can of a single "dumb" user every time the MAC is turned on.
Back ground.
OS 10.3x
G3 Mac
Two users configured...
1) Root or Admin (superuser)
2) student (Simple no access to anything but shared folder for files etc.)
The problem... (4 Replies)
Anyone know of an automated utility that will fill a designated partition with random data then delete the data?
We have several harddrives that need certain partitions cleaned of sensitive data before they are placed back in service.
Thanks
Thumper (1 Reply)
Environment: Sun UNIX
Language: Bourne Shell
I have the following script and it works fine. Unfortunately, from user's perspective, it looks very messy because the user is able to see the output of the process caused by the print command.
Is there a better way to overcome it?
Here's the... (10 Replies)
Hello guys,
this script partially works but it's still pretty ugly and, moreover, if the month is jan/feb/mar... it doesn't work at all.
Could anyone say me how to correct, cut and clean a little bit?
#!/usr/bin/ksh
egrep -v -e "^\s*#" /file/permission | awk '{ print $1 }' | sort | uniq... (3 Replies)
Hi i need a unix script to do the following tasks.
My folder structure is /home/MSTR/test and will have the following folder within it
Cache
Lookup
Source
Target
1. On the Source & Target folder i have to take a copy of files older than 5 days and move(FTP) it into local machines C:\Backup... (1 Reply)
I've been working on a script to clean out the wireless connections on my MAC. I know the terminal command to do this (that part is not rocket science ;) )
So I thought I would have a go at automating this but I'm having trouble with the 'awk' command & the correct context. My code is :=
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Hello All,
I need a script that would delete files which are more than "X" number of days old, also if there can be a log file of the deleted files for reference.
I am from windows background hence finding it difficult. Any help is much appreciated
Regards
Wert (4 Replies)