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# 8  
Old 05-03-2010
Too bad I haven't a busybox based OS to test.
This might work:
Code:
find /raid0/data/nas_backup/media_deleted -mtime +30 -type f -print | while read a
do
   rm -f "$a"
done

# 9  
Old 05-03-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by jlliagre
Too bad I haven't a busybox based OS to test.
This might work:
Code:
find /raid0/data/nas_backup/media_deleted -mtime +30 -type f -print | while read a
do
   rm -f "$a"
done


SUCCESS!!! You're brilliant!!Smilie


Many thanks
Richard
Last edited by rpalmer68; 05-04-2010 at 12:00 AM..
# 10  
Old 05-04-2010
Interesting thread. The find displays the symptoms of spawning a new shell on each exec and has the '{}' syntax for filenames with spaces.
The issue with parentheses in filenames is new to me.
Historically this type of find version was capable of crashing unix through spawning too many concurrent processes.

You are better off with jlliagre's construct whether or not the filenames contain spaces and parentheses.

Did this version of "find" come on the release kit?
# 11  
Old 05-04-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by methyl
Interesting thread. The find displays the symptoms of spawning a new shell on each exec and has the '{}' syntax for filenames with spaces.
The issue with parentheses in filenames is new to me.
Historically this type of find version was capable of crashing unix through spawning too many concurrent processes.

You are better off with jlliagre's construct whether or not the filenames contain spaces and parentheses.

Did this version of "find" come on the release kit?
Glad I could be interesting Smilie

I'm totally new to Linux, so haven't tampered at all. Whatever is on this box is whatever is the standard release for the 2.1.09 firmware on a Thecus N5200Pro NAS box.
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