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Old 05-26-2012
mtime unexpected behaviour
Hi All,
My requirement is to remove the more than 60 days files from Archive folder, so prepared this command.
Code:
for files in `find /abc/Archive/<file_name_25032012.dat> -type f -mtime 61|xargs ls -lrt`
do
  rm -f $files
done

I tested this command in both unix and informatica.
In unix if files are exists on this date then it's identifying files and removing else it's removing script files.
In informatica if file is exists on this date then identifying files and removing else it point to informatica library or ddl files which are installed in unix and removing them.
so anybody can help me the exact procedure to remove files.

Thanks,
Harris
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 05-26-2012 at 03:14 PM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 05-26-2012
Try adding -xdev option to find command.
# 3  
Old 05-26-2012
Hi, what happens if you execute this command?
Code:
find /abc/Archive/<file_name_25032012.dat> -type f -mtime 61|xargs ls -lrt

It cannot possibly deliver what you are looking for, since ls -lrt produces a 9 column (or thereabouts) output.

What OS is "informatica" BTW?
# 4  
Old 05-26-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by harris
Hi All,
My requirement is to remove the more than 60 days files from Archive folder, so prepared this command.
Code:
for files in `find /abc/Archive/<file_name_25032012.dat> -type f -mtime 61|xargs ls -lrt`
do
  rm -f $files
done

I've never used informatica, but in unix I'd do yours as such:

Code:
find /abc/Archive/ -type f -mtime +61 -exec rm {} \;

find doesn't normally by default follow symlinks, but you could try explicitly telling it not to by adding -H at the start:

Code:
find -H /abc/Archive/ -type f -mtime +61 -exec rm {} \;

Should work and it's a little simpler, I believe. Tested on AIX and no problems there.
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# 5  
Old 05-27-2012
Hi Vryali,
Thank you for your help, but i forgot to mention some information in my script. Actually i used for loop to maintain log. Like
Code:
for files in `find /abc/Archive/<file_name_25032012.dat> -type f -mtime 61|xargs ls -lrt`
echo "List of archive files are:"$files>>logdir/log.txt
do
rm -f $files
done

Can you help check with this way?

Thanks,
Harris
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 05-27-2012 at 05:01 PM.. Reason: code tags
# 6  
Old 05-27-2012
for loop
Code:
echo "List of Archive files:" > logdir/log.txt
for file in `find -H /abc/Archive/ -type f -mtime +61`; do
  echo "${file} >> logdir/log.txt
  rm -f ${file}
done

That what you're looking for?
Last edited by Vryali; 05-27-2012 at 04:48 PM.. Reason: Typo
# 7  
Old 05-28-2012
Hi Vryali,
i executed the find command individually like
Code:
find -H /abc/archive/filename_*.dat -type f -mtime +61

, it's showing
Code:
"find: path-list predicate-list".

Tried in google about this but didnt get, so could you please check this.
I am using -bash.

Thanks,
Harris
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 05-28-2012 at 09:31 AM.. Reason: code tags
 
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