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# 1  
Old 11-11-2009
rm files older then 2 seconds?
Hello,

I've got a script to delete 0 byte files, but I need it to work only for files that have been created at least 2 seconds ago (Are two seconds old).

I'm not sure what's the best way of doing this, I've had a look at the stat command too but well..

Code:
for file in `ls -l | grep ^- | awk '{print $5, $9}' | grep ^0 | awk '{print $2}'` ;do
  chmod 777 $file >/dev/null 2>&1
  rm -f $file >/dev/null 2>&1
done

# 2  
Old 11-11-2009
This should find and delete files older that 1 minute.

Code:
find /path/to/files -type f -mmin +1 -exec rm {} \;

# 3  
Old 11-11-2009
You can simplify your ls: -
Code:
ls -l | nawk ' /^-/ && ($5 == "0"){print $NF}'

Rather than get involved in date arithmetic can you get away with a sleep of two seconds before doing the delete?
# 4  
Old 11-11-2009
The best way of doing this is not doing it at all ....
Why create a file that needs to be immediately removed?

Anyway, you can play with something like this, but be careful,
it's very, very dangerous!

Code:
perl -e'
  -z and (2/86400) < -M and unlink for @ARGV
  ' *

Use it at your own risk.
Last edited by radoulov; 11-11-2009 at 01:35 PM.. Reason: spelling
# 5  
Old 11-11-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by radoulov
The best way of doing this is not doing it at all ....
Why create a file that need to be immediately removed?
Couldn't agree more...
# 6  
Old 11-11-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by mkastin
This should find and delete files older that 1 minute.

Code:
find /path/to/files -type f -mmin +1 -exec rm {} \;

That's not a solution and it's something I already knew just that 1 minut is not an option.

Quote:
Originally Posted by steadyonabix
You can simplify your ls: -
Code:
ls -l | nawk ' /^-/ && ($5 == "0"){print $NF}'

Rather than get involved in date arithmetic can you get away with a sleep of two seconds before doing the delete?
A sleep won't do the job either, that's because the file can change it's size and sure I could check it's size after those two seconds but that's not like I want it.

Quote:
Originally Posted by radoulov
The best way of doing this is not doing it at all ....
Why create a file that need to be immediately removed?

Anyway, you can play with something like this, but be careful,
it's very, very dangerous!

Code:
perl -e'
  -z and (2/86400) < -M and unlink for @ARGV
  ' *

Use it at your own risk.
I need such a check to avoid a race-condition issue...
# 7  
Old 11-11-2009
Code:
for file in `ls -ltr --time-style=+%s | awk '{now=systime(); del_time=now-2; if($6<del_time && $5=="0") print $7}'` ;do
  chmod 777 $file >/dev/null 2>&1
  rm -f $file >/dev/null 2>&1
done

Last edited by mkastin; 11-11-2009 at 01:17 PM.. Reason: forgot the bytes=0 condition
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