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# 36  
Old 03-19-2010
Which quotos are you talking about.
iam trying this on linux system
Code:
dir=`date +%Y-%m-%d --date='1 day ago'`
find /home/uat/ -name $dir  -exec rm -rf {} \;
 or 
dir=`date +%Y-%m-%d --date='1 day ago'`
find /home/uat/ -name "$dir"  -exec rm -rf {} \;

still getting the same error.
# 37  
Old 03-19-2010
Quote:
dir=`date +%Y-%m-%d --date='1 day ago'`
find /home/uat -type d -name "$dir" -exec rm -rf {} \;
There's been another thread like this recently. The general solution is to let find finish with the directory before before deleting it. This is only a tweak to cfajohnson's script which has corrected the main issues.

Code:
dir=`date +%Y-%m-%d --date='1 day ago'`
find /home/uat/ -type d -name "$dir" -print | while read dir_found
do
        # Remove echo when you are happy with what will be deleted
        echo rm -rf "${dir_found}"
done

# 38  
Old 03-19-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by methyl
There's been another thread like this recently. The general solution is to let find finish with the directory before before deleting it.

Good point. Add -depth to the find command:
Code:
find /home/uat/ -depth -name "$dir"  -exec rm -rf {} \;

# 39  
Old 03-19-2010
Good team effort cfajohnson. Despite the number of posts we don't know the directory structure.
I still wouldn't delete the directory during the "find" because it makes "find" error on this Operating System (whatever it is?).

Revised post taking into account cfajohnson post.

Code:
dir=`date +%Y-%m-%d --date='1 day ago'`
find /home/uat/ -depth -type d -name "$dir" -print | while read dir_found
do
        # Remove echo when you are happy with what will be deleted
        echo rm -rf "${dir_found}"
done

# 40  
Old 03-19-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by methyl
Good team effort cfajohnson. Despite the number of posts we don't know the directory structure.

Nor do we need to.
Quote:
I still wouldn't delete the directory during the "find" because it makes "find" error on this Operating System (whatever it is?).

He is using Linux.

He should not be getting the error he posted with the script I posted. It looks as if he is including $dir in the path he is searching rather than as (or in addition to) an argument to the -name operand.
# 41  
Old 03-19-2010
Yes cfajohnson that would make the process misbehave big time.
# 42  
Old 03-22-2010
No Script is working.
Iam working on Linux System.
Here is the scenario -
I just need to regulary (everyday) need to delete a folder of yesterdays date (Date format is - 2010-03-21) at a particular location called /home/uat.
Now this location contains some other folder as well for which i dont have permissiong to get in.
Now when i tried the above script, the yesterdays folder get deleted with the following error
find: /home/uat/os+nd: Permission denied

Iam trying to resolves these issues but not getting any solution.
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