Shell Programming and Scripting

I got an error "find: Error in processing the argument DAYS"

I reckon its not able to identify the number below the DAYS

DAYS ARCH_PATH
7 /inter/dfd/
5 /inter/fdfd/

Its unable to process 7,5 etc

Is that right?

Run your script with the -x option and show us the result please.

I correct a variable name in my previous code.

Jean-Pierre.

Hi Pierre,

Heres the output

sh -x purgeam.sh

+ 0< filestopurge.txt
+ read DAYS ARCH_PATH
+ find ARCH_PATH -type f -mtime +DAYS -exec rm {} ;
find: Error in processing the argument DAYS
+ read DAYS ARCH_PATH
+ find /interface/backup/dbmig/tmp -type f -mtime +44 -exec rm {} ;
+ read DAYS ARCH_PATH
+ find /interface/backup/dbmig -type f -mtime +100 -exec rm {} ;
+ read DAYS ARCH_PATH

The filetopurge.txt looks like this:
DAYS ARCH_PATH
44 /interface/backup/dbmig/tmp
100 /interface/backup/dbmig

Does the code recognise 44 and 100 as a substitute for DAYS?

Thanks Pierre

Hi

I removed the DAYS and ARCH_PATH from the filestopurge.txt and got this output. The files still werent purged.

+ 0< filestopurge.txt
+ read DAYS ARCH_PATH
+ find -type f -mtime + -exec rm {} ;
Usage: find path-list [predicate-list]
+ read DAYS ARCH_PATH
+ find /interface/backup/dbmig/tmp -type f -mtime +44 -exec rm {} ;
+ read DAYS ARCH_PATH
+ find /interface/backup/dbmig -type f -mtime +100 -exec rm {} ;
+ read DAYS ARCH_PATH


Regards,

Most importantly Pierre,There could be a problem.
In a directory structure like

A|
-B
-C|
-D

Should I have in the filetopurge.txt /A/ and run the purgeam.sh file, then its purges automatically B,C and D since its recursive. THe problem now is,I might want to archive C i.e not purge the files,there will be situations whereby I need to archive a subfolder of a folder I have in filetopurge.txt(in this case,subfolder C). How do I go about it?
I considered having two text files, filestopurge.txt and filestoarch.txt,but this obviously would work, because in filestopurge,I would have:
7 /A and filetoarch.txt would be 5 /A/C .
After running filestopurge.sh, C would be gone.

Hope u understand the question.

Thanks

Sorry Pierre

A is the root folder,it contains two subfolder B and C,C has a subfolder D

Except the last question I asked.I am able to purge files now, but the script purges everything,even the ones I want to archive because its recursive and purges even the subfolders of the root directory. How do I escape this?