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Old 07-23-2013
Compressing old files as zip file through script
I have below files in foler one/archive>

Code:
one. txt     6/21/2013
two txt      7/23/2013
three.txt    6/20/2013

I wanted to move all the old files (>30 days) compressing single .zip file into one/archive/ as below

Code:
two txt         7/23/2013
oldfiles.zip     6/21/2013

Please provide the script for the same

Thanks in advance.
Last edited by Don Cragun; 07-23-2013 at 07:55 AM.. Reason: Please use CODE tags
# 2  
Old 07-23-2013
you can find the files older than 30 days and archive them with the below commandline.

Code:
find . -mtime +30 | xargs tar cvzf archive.tar

remove files older than 30 days with the below commandline.

Code:
find . -mtime +30 | xargs rm

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Old 07-23-2013
Thanks for your reply

Problem facing here is that it is pulling the list of files from sub folder as well.
# 4  
Old 07-23-2013
the gnu find has a maxdepth option that lets you restrict the search to the current directory.

can you try something like below.

Code:
find . -maxdepth 1 -mtime +30

Last edited by codemaniac; 07-23-2013 at 10:20 AM..
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Old 07-24-2013
Got a error saying -maxdepth is invalid option, thanks

---------- Post updated 07-24-13 at 01:36 AM ---------- Previous update was 07-23-13 at 09:36 AM ----------

The above provided solution is not working for me
# 6  
Old 07-25-2013
Code:
find . -mtime +30 | zip name -@ -

Here Files get zipped from sub folders as well. I wanted to zip only from current dir files. - maxdepth +1 option not working for me.

can someone help me on this issue.
Last edited by Scott; 07-25-2013 at 11:07 AM.. Reason: Code tags
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Old 07-25-2013
okay if you are not using GNU find then i guess maxdepth will not be available.

You can do something like below using prune to not descending to and directory other than "dir".
Code:
find /full/path/dir \( ! -name dir -o -type f \) -prune -type f

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