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Old 01-10-2012
Periodical Deletion of files and folders
Hi All,

how can Periodical Delete files and folders using shell script.
I.e after 1 min i want to delete files and folderns from my home directory.

Thanks,
Arun
# 2  
Old 01-10-2012
Code:
while [ 1 ]
do
  rm -rf /home/username/*
  sleep 60

The above code will delete the contents of the /home/username/* and wait for 1 minute and again it will delete the contents.....
# 3  
Old 01-10-2012
actual requirement is.
if i put a file in home directory it will delete a file after 1 min.
but in above code first it will delete and wait for 1 min.
# 4  
Old 01-10-2012
rm
Hi,

Try this,

Code:
while [ 1 ]
do
`find /home/username -mmin +1 | xargs rm`;
done

Cheers,
RangaSmilie
# 5  
Old 01-10-2012
it gives error like ...
usage:rm [-fiRr] files....
what i can do??
# 6  
Old 01-10-2012
find
Hi,

what your platform unix or linux?

For a try, just add -rf at the end of the find cmd.

Code:
`find /home/username -mmin +1 | xargs rm -rf`;

Cheers,
RangaSmilie
# 7  
Old 01-10-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by rangarasan
Hi,

Try this,

Code:
while [ 1 ]
do
`find /home/username -mmin +1 | xargs rm`;
done

Cheers,
RangaSmilie
It will not wait for 1 minute.

And it executes the find command continously (infinite time) and keep on searching for 1 minutes older file.
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