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Old 06-16-2005
Deleting the files
Hi,
I've to delete certain files older than X days from a Maintenance server.
I'm doing this using

find . -name lds\* -mtime $X \
-exec ls -l {} \;

find . -name lds\* -mtime $X \
-exec rm -fR {} \;

As well as I've to delete the files from another FTP server which are again older than X days.
For this again earlier I was using the same thing as above. but now the Clients have made their system as sFTP and hence this command doesnot work any longer.
Any clue how I can store the names of the files deleted from the Maintenance Server in a temp file and then read that temp file while deleting from the sFTP server.
I'm pretty new to UNIX..still learning. so any help with complete commands would be appreciated.
Also if there's any better easier way than what I'm thinking for this task woud be gr8..
Pls post replies..
thanks in adv.
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX

find

FIND(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   FIND(1)

NAME

       find - find files meeting a given condition

SYNOPSIS

       find directory expression

EXAMPLES

       find /  -name a.out -print
			   # Print all a.out paths

       find /usr/ast ! -newer f -ok rm {} ;
			   # Ask before removing

       find /usr -size +20 -exec mv {} /big ;
			   # move files > 20 blks

       find / -name a.out -o -name '*.o'  -exec rm {};
			   # 2 conds

DESCRIPTION

       Find  descends  the  file tree starting at the given directory checking each file in that directory and its subdirectories against a predi-
       cate.  If the predicate is true, an action is taken.  The predicates may be connected by -a (Boolean and), -o (Boolean or) and !   (Boolean
       negation).  Each predicate is true under the conditions specified below.  The integer n may also be +n to mean any value greater than n, -n
       to mean any value less than n, or just n for exactly n.

	 -name s true if current filename is s (include shell wild cards)
	 -size n true if file size is n blocks
	 -inum n true if the current file's i-node number is n
	 -mtime ntrue if modification time relative to today (in days) is n
	 -links ntrue if the number of links to the file is n
	 -newer ftrue if the file is newer than f
	 -perm n true if the file's permission bits = n (n is in octal)
	 -user u true if the uid = u (a numerical value, not a login name)
	 -group gtrue if the gid = g (a numerical value, not a group name)
	 -type x where x is bcdfug (block, char, dir, regular file, setuid, setgid)
	 -xdev	 do not cross devices to search mounted file systems

       Following the expression can be one of the following, telling what to do when a file is found:

	 -print  print the file name on standard output
	 -exec	 execute a MINIX command, {} stands for the file name
	 -ok	 prompts before executing the command

SEE ALSO

       test(1), xargs(1).

																	   FIND(1)