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# 8  
Old 03-02-2013
Thanks Corona!

I kind of understand it.

? is in the original script what does IFS="$" mean?

In the little bit of code you supplied:

done < /path/to/listofnames

does that mean the path to a file that has a list of names separated with a comma??

And the .... you have above it would be the meat of the script. This is just so I'm clear!

BTW is there a means of taking a file and altering its date? It'd be nice so i can test this on a VM I have set up.

Thanks much for all your help!

I'm such a noob! SmilieSmilie
# 9  
Old 03-04-2013
I think the line
Code:
IFS="$"

has no meaning in your script.
Code:
done < /path/to/listofnames

redirects standard input of the whole while loop, so the read reads from it.
# 10  
Old 03-04-2013
On top of what MadeInGermany provided:
Quote:
Originally Posted by MrBiggz
. . .
does that mean the path to a file that has a list of names separated with a comma? . . .
According to the IFS assigned in above script snippet, they should be space separated.
Quote:
. . . BTW is there a means of taking a file and altering its date? . . .
Ever tried touch file?
# 11  
Old 03-04-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
On top of what MadeInGermany provided:

According to the IFS assigned in above script snippet, they should be space separated.
Ever tried touch file?
Not in a unix/linux environment .. php yes. I'll take a look at that command though! Thanks!

Quote:
Originally Posted by MadeInGermany
Code:
done < /path/to/listofnames

redirects standard input of the whole while loop, so the read reads from it.
I'll take that as a yes! =)

I'll have to do little homework on it, doesn't seem it should be that difficult.

Thx again!
# 12  
Old 03-04-2013
Hi,

try this instead...

Code:
find -P /home/${cpanel_username}/mail/${domain}/${username}/ -type f -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -mtime +60 -exec rm -rvf {} /; > removed.log
cat removed.log

let know, if it works.
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