Shell Programming and Scripting

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.

I'm in the same situation, but I need to delete files in a directory that get created automaticaly by users activities. We have no use for these files. I've done a surch and found this posting but I totaly do not uder stand the lines posted here. Will someone help on creating a script that will remove files for example *.TMP, *.tmp, in a certain directory. every day like arround 11:00 pm. If is not too much to ask will you explain the line?

This is fairly simple; try looking at these threads:

https://www.unix.com/windows-and-dos-issues-and-discussions/12865-schedule-batch-file-delete-files-particular-intervals.html?s=
https://www.unix.com/unix-for-dummies-questions-and-answers/11052-cron-how-delete-files-within-directory.html?s=

This link:

http://www.webmasters-central.com/t/cron.shtml

And type this at your unix prompt:

man rm

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You're gonna want something like * 23 * * * path/to/your_script and put the rm command and whatever else you want inside your_script

I believe you can also just do * 23 * * * rm -f somedir/*.TMP somedir/*.tmp

Thank you that helped alot.