Some comments on the logical flaws in your code snippet:
- find will supply only files older than 30 days, not a single newer one.
- The $? will change after every command, so within the loop you can't depend on it. On top, the second if [[ $? ... ]]'s result is unpredictable at all. To do several tests on the result of a single command, assign its $? to a variable and test against this.
- Irrespective of the fact that this code portion will never be reached, you will create a tar file for every single file, overwriting the last one.
Thank you very much Chubler_XL for your explanation. Both codes works smoothly.
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I'm sharing my code here. Sure it is not elegant but it is doing exactly what I need. So, it is usefull !
I have a server that makes backup each 7 day in a FTP server. I want to keep only 3 files and compacted.
The first time that this code will be executed, letīs say 7 days from here, it is expected that will have one file on the FTP server. Then, the script will only compact it.
Seven day after and the script will run again. This time, we will have two files : A new backup file from the server and a .gz file created last time.
I want to keep the .gz, since it has not 20 days yet and I want it compacted.
Later on, there will be situations which we will have a new backup that needs to be compacted, .gz files that need to be kept and .gz file older than 20 days that needs to be deleted.
The FTP should be managed like this way:
backup files coming every 7 days.
Only new backup files being compacted
files .gz newer than 20 days keeps untouched
files .gz older than 20 days being deleted
By deleting file older than 20 days, allows to me at least 3 backup files on the FTP server. This is more than necessary for my needs.
Another point is that this FTP server receives files from other servers as well. Then it is necessary to verify which file I need to handle exactly:
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