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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Remove old files Post 302748637 by jim mcnamara on Wednesday 26th of December 2012 12:20:29 PM
Old 12-26-2012
Use this script:
Code:
#!/bin/ksh     ## Note: #!/bin/bash also works
while read SRC DEST
do
   find $SRC -mtime +90 -exec mv {} ${DEST}/{} \;
   find ${DEST} -mtime +180 -exec -rm {} \;
done < /path/to/mv90.txt

Next create one file:
mv90.txt with each line having 2 directory names - source dir and dest dir

Code:
path1  path2

To maintain just edit the file changing or removing directories as needed.
 

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strclean

strclean(8)						      System Manager's Manual						       strclean(8)

NAME

       strclean - Removes outdated STREAMS error log files

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/strclean [-d logdir] [-a age]

FLAGS

       Specifies  a  maximum  age  in  days for the STREAMS error log files if this not the default age of 3.  The value of age must be an integer
       greater than or less than 3.  Specifies a directory for the location of the STREAMS error log files to  be  removed  if	this  is  not  the
       default directory /var/adm/streams.

DESCRIPTION

       The  strclean  command cleans the STREAMS error logger directory of log files (error.mm-dd) that contain error messages sent by the STREAMS
       log driver (strlog).  If no other directory is specified (the logdir argument), the command removes error log files in the /var/adm/streams
       directory.  If no other age is specified (the age argument), the command removes error log files that have not been modified in 3 days.

       The strclean command is executed by the cron daemon on a periodic basis.

EXAMPLES

       To remove the day-old error log files from a directory called /tmp/streams, enter: strclean -d /tmp/streams -a 1

FILES

       One or more error log file or files on which strclean operates.	The mm.dd in the filename indicates the month and day of the messages con-
       tained in the file.

RELATED INFORMATION

       Commands: strerr(8), cron(8).

       Interfaces: strlog(7).  delim off

																       strclean(8)
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