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# 8  
Old 05-15-2017
This script work fine in my computer:

Code:
#!/bin/ksh 
#Script Below# 
#Add additional lines to config options. 
. ./prune.config 
eval "$DIR1 $DIR1OPTIONS"

Regards.

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This also work fine:

Code:
DIR1="find /directory/holding"
DIR1OPTIONS="-type f ! -name \"*.gz\" ! -name "*PDF*" ! -name \"*TIF*\" -size +1000k -mmin +120 -exec gzip {} ;"
$DIR1 $DIR1OPTIONS

(Without the backslash before the semi colon).

Regards.
# 9  
Old 05-16-2017
Quote:
Originally Posted by AbelLuis
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The final \; for the exec clause is mandatory. I don't know why you add the plus sign to the filename : {}+ .

Try
Code:
-exec gzip {} \;

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Not necessarily. man find (on my linux: find (GNU findutils) 4.7.0-git)
Quote:
-exec command {} +
This variant of the -exec action runs the specified command on the selected files, but the command line is built by appending each selected file name at the end; the total number of invocations of the command will be much less than the number of matched files.
But: a space before the + may be compulsory.
# 10  
Old 05-16-2017
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
Not necessarily. man find (on my linux: find (GNU findutils) 4.7.0-git)


But: a space before the + may be compulsory.
Yes, it's true. The problem was the lack of a space between {} and +.

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