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All,

I am having a directory as

drwxrwsr-x 3 intermec intermec 10240 Jan 8 09:07 intermec

inside the directory . the files are like
cd
-rw-r----- 1 intrmc01 intermec 5226 Dec 2 15:03 AST07356.txt
-rw-r----- 1 intrmc01 intermec 5025 Dec 2 12:51 AST07363.txt
-rw-r----- 1 intrmc01 intermec 1607 Jan 2 16:17 AST08003.txt
-rw-r----- 1 intrmc01 intermec 7772 Jan 3 15:09 AST08004.txt
-rw-r----- 1 intrmc01 intermec 25125 Jan 4 14:57 AST08005.txt
-rw-r----- 1 intrmc01 intermec 20636 Jan 7 15:19 AST08008.txt

When i run the below command

find /intermec/ -name "*" -mtime +12 -exec rm -f -r 2> /dev/null "{}" ";"

The files are not deleted . it is showing as permision denied even though i have full permision on the directory . Why it is not removed .
Is that because files not having full permsion ???..

if yes can i over come that and remove the file by any other way ?..

but to note that i was also having a file inside the directory as
-rwxrwxrwx 1 intermec intermec 15209 Aug 1 16:27 AST07214.txt

i was not able to delete the is one also. What should i do in such a way that the files under the dirctory can be deleted

i know root will be able to remove . Apart from root can anyother can remove if so how can i found that.

Thanks,
Arun.

Assuming you can do this manually, try modifying your find statement to this

find /intermec/ -type f -mtime +12 -exec rm -f {} 2> /dev/null \;

the * was unnecessary because you want all files anyway
the -type limits you to files.

And while quoting the simicolon may work, I am in the habit of using the escape to signify characters.

Thanks AWK . But no hope i says permision denied ..

Based on the directory information:

drwxrwsr-x 3 intermec intermec 10240 Jan 8 09:07 intermec


you must be either intermec, or part of the intermec group, to have permission to delete files. You can check your group priveledges by typing:

groups

I am not absolutely sure why the sticky bit in the directrory structure is set. - sorry.

The directory is open to the public - where they have read and search (able to change into the directory) but unable to create or delete files.

thanks ..

Can u please confirm that if we change the directory permision like

drwxrwsrwx 3 intermec intermec 10240 Jan 8 09:07 intermec

will i be able to delete the files under the directory ??..

inside the directory the files has permsion like

-rw-r----- 1 intrmc01 intermec 5226 Dec 2 15:03 AST07356.txt
-rw-r----- 1 intrmc01 intermec 5025 Dec 2 12:51 AST07363.txt
-rw-r----- 1 intrmc01 intermec 1607 Jan 2 16:17 AST08003.txt
-rw-r----- 1 intrmc01 intermec 7772 Jan 3 15:09 AST08004.txt
-rw-r----- 1 intrmc01 intermec 25125 Jan 4 14:57 AST08005.txt
-rw-r----- 1 intrmc01 intermec 20636 Jan 7 15:19 AST08008.txt


also please help me know if i cahngethe permsion like i mentioned , will the delete operation can be performed by any user in any group ??..

will there file with above permision will be deleted .