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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Deleting files over 7 days old Post 42049 by Optimus_P on Tuesday 21st of October 2003 02:20:38 PM
Old 10-21-2003
Code:
find $DIR -type f -atime +7 -exec rm -f {} \; -print |mailx -s"`hostname` Deleted Logs" root

in the body of the email you will recieve all the filenames deleted.

no need for the loop. btw replace $DIR w/ your directory then put this line in your crontab and your done.
 

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strclean(1M)						  System Administration Commands					      strclean(1M)

NAME
strclean - STREAMS error logger cleanup program SYNOPSIS
strclean [-a age] [-d logdir] DESCRIPTION
strclean is used to clean up the STREAMS error logger directory on a regular basis (for example, by using cron. By default, all files with names matching error.* in /var/adm/streams that have not been modified in the last three days are removed. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: -aage The maximum age in days for a log file can be changed using the -a option. -dlogdir A directory other than /var/adm/streams can be specified using the -d option. EXAMPLES
Example 1: A sample of using the strclean command. This example has the same result as running strclean with no arguments: example% strclean -d /var/adm/streams -a 3 FILES
/var/adm/streams/error.* ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
cron(1M), strerr(1M), attributes(5) STREAMS Programming Guide NOTES
strclean is typically run from cron on a daily or weekly basis. SunOS 5.10 14 Sep 1992 strclean(1M)
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