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# 1  
Old 02-25-2013
Script runs but does not execute rm -rf command
Hi!

First off I'm no bin/bash script writer! Smilie I can make heads and tales of it from the php experience I have and that's all.

Now I managed to piece this script together to go look at directory and remove files that are +60 days. It's finding the files but its not removing them. I believe I have the command right.

Here's my script albeit short ..

Code:
#!/bin/bash
IFS=”$”
cpanel_username=*********
domain=ftsoccerclub.org 
username=mflores
cd /home/${cpanel_username}/mail/${domain}/${username}
find -P /home/${cpanel_username}/mail/${domain}/${username}/* -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -mtime +60 | while read old; do
echo “Deleting ${old}…”
rm -rf “${old}”
done

and then I'll get an email from the server telling me ...

Code:
“Deleting /home/ftsoccer/mail/ftsoccerclub.org/mflores/cur/1352080174.H191427P31791.aegis.provim.net,S=5532:2,…”
“Deleting /home/ftsoccer/mail/ftsoccerclub.org/mflores/cur/1352906954.H115090P16065.aegis.provim.net,S=17638:2,…”
“Deleting /home/ftsoccer/mail/ftsoccerclub.org/mflores/cur/1353454848.H164807P5507.aegis.provim.net,S=5482:2,…”
“Deleting /home/ftsoccer/mail/ftsoccerclub.org/mflores/cur/1352658395.H166861P17720.aegis.provim.net,S=23414:2,…”
“Deleting /home/ftsoccer/mail/ftsoccerclub.org/mflores/cur/1353519624.H550535P18176.aegis.provim.net,S=5236:2,…”
“Deleting /home/ftsoccer/mail/ftsoccerclub.org/mflores/cur/1352724748.H508350P20254.aegis.provim.net,S=23200:2,…”
“Deleting /home/ftsoccer/mail/ftsoccerclub.org/mflores/cur/1351785142.H117822P22505.aegis.provim.net,S=11548:2,…”
“Deleting /home/ftsoccer/mail/ftsoccerclub.org/mflores/cur/1352287307.H69509P3896.aegis.provim.net,S=26245:2,…”
“Deleting /home/ftsoccer/mail/ftsoccerclub.org/mflores/cur/1353537904.H596136P16093.aegis.provim.net,S=77013:2,…”
“Deleting /home/ftsoccer/mail/ftsoccerclub.org/mflores/cur/1352129497.H679409P15661.aegis.provim.net,S=15964:2,…”

and if I go back to that directory .. the file still stands! |=

The permission on the file(s) is 660

The cpanel username I use is like God on here so I don't think it's a permission issue .. then again I could be wrong!

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 02-25-2013 at 12:29 PM.. Reason: quote tags => code tags
# 2  
Old 02-25-2013
Editing your script in Microsoft Word has filled it with nasty Smart Quotes, not regular " quotes. Fix those and try your script again.
# 3  
Old 02-25-2013
Thanks! I didn't even see that! I use Notepad++ not sure what happened there. Guess this is one for the mental rolodex! =)

Could you give me a hint what I can do if I have multiple users to do this to?

Works like a charm now! =)
# 4  
Old 02-25-2013
Multiple users running your script? Or what?
# 5  
Old 02-25-2013
Sorry should have elaborated ..

The username in this script was

username=mflores

Although I have 20 or so more users to go through the directories to clear our mail older then 60+ days.

I'm the only person running the script, through cron job of course.

Thanks!
# 6  
Old 02-25-2013
Suggestions to make you script more robust.
Code:
cd ... || exit # fatal

Code:
... while read -r old ...

And never never edit such a script with a Microsoft editor!
# 7  
Old 02-28-2013
Hmmmmm.

Code:
while IFS=" " read cpanel_username domain username
do
        echo "cpanel_username=${cpanel_username}"
        echo "domain=${domain}"
        echo "username=${username}"

        # Sanity checking, skip bad names
        [ -d "/home/${cpanel_username}/mail/${domain}/${username}" ] || continue
        ...
done < /path/to/listofnames

...where listofnames has one entry per line separated by spaces.
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