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Old 09-28-2011
Delete files older than X days.
Hi All,

I am using below code to delete files older than 2 days. In case if there are no files, I should log an error saying no files to delete.

Please let me know, How I can achive this.

Code:
 
find /path/*.xml -mtime +2

Thanks and Regards
Nagaraja.
# 2  
Old 09-28-2011
if [ "`find -mtime +2`" = "" ];then
echo "NOFILE TO DELETE"
fi
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Old 09-28-2011
Just a reminder:

Your command may fail with "argument list too long" error if there is a lot of files in the directory.

A more fail safe way is:

Code:
find "/path" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "*.xml" -mtime +2

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Nagaraja Akkiva
# 4  
Old 09-28-2011
Thanks both of you..!!
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