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Old 07-02-2005
Deleting file with last modified for 1 month
Hello...
Any body, how to delete the files where last modified for 1 month, would you give some example.
Sorry, im very newbie in scripting.

Thanks.
# 2  
Old 07-02-2005
MySQL
Assuming you want to delete files last modified prior to 30 days and recrusively in directory $DIR command looks like this


Code:
find $DIR -mtime +30 -exec rm -f {} \;

# 3  
Old 07-02-2005
find <directory to search from> -type f -mtime +30 -exec rm -f {} \;

Be very sure that the directory contains only files which are not required by the sytem.
# 4  
Old 07-02-2005
this will delete any file that is 30 days or MORE

not exactly 30 days

so if you have files like 31 40 50 100 or more they will get deleted too

be careful
# 5  
Old 07-04-2005
Thanks
Thanks all Smilie
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