Find and delete files and folders which are n days older from one unix server to another unix server


 
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Old 03-12-2012
Find and delete files and folders which are n days older from one unix server to another unix server

Hi All,

Let me know how can i find and delete files from one unix server to another unix server which are 'N' days older.

Please note that I need to delete files on remote unix server.So, probably i will need to use sftp, but question is how can i identify files and folders which are 'N' days older. As we know, we can't use find command to identify as sftp command don't support that.

Any help will be appreciated !!!
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Old 03-12-2012
So why use sftp then?
The obvious would be to use ssh...
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Old 03-12-2012
Hey vbe....I need to do it through a unix script.
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