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Old 07-30-2008
Checking files size and deleting if bigger than x
Hello ,
I have to write a crontab line make a check on a file and, if bigger than 2Gb, to stop apache daemon, delete the file and restart apache .
Someone have suggestions ?
Thanks
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Old 07-30-2008
check the -size option of find command
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Old 07-30-2008
Hammer & Screwdriver here is a start
Code:
find / -size +2000000c 2>/dev/null -exec ls -l {} \;

This would find files over 2M; change as appropriate to do 2G.
Unclear on exact next steps; perhaps you will direct this output to a work file, and then analyze that work file for the rest of you requirements:
(a) delete certain files; beware, you may not alwys want to delete files
(b) stop & start the daemons
(c) etc...
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