cron job for deleting files older than 1 week

[Gabriel Dragffy]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> Carsten Aulbert wrote:
>> Gabriel Dragffy wrote:
>>
>>> Could some one provide me with a sample script that I could run as a 
>>> cron job and it would go through the streamripper folder deleting files 
>>> older than 1 week (for example). Many thanks.
>>> gabe
>>
>> Again, use with care ;)
>>
>> find /path -name "stream*.mp3" -mtime +6 | xargs -i rm -f {}
>>
>> That should delete all files named "stream*.mp3" found in the directory
>> hierarchie /path with modification date older than 6 days.
>>
>> For mor info, please read the man page of find, xargs and rm and try the
>> stuff first with 'echo' instead of rm to make sure you don't delete
>> anything you don't want to delete.
> 
> Why do you use xargs?  find is designed to do the same thing with just
> -delete:
> 
> find -name "stream*.mp3" -mtime +6 -delete
> 
> In general, you could just do:
> 
> find -name "stream*.mp3" -mtime +6 -execdir rm '{}' '+'
> 
> Also, the '+' means it uses the same command line for multiple files,
> which is more efficient.
> 
> For testing:
> 
> find -name "stream*.mp3" -mtime +6 -print
> 
> No need to read two man pages. :)
> 
> Matt Flaschen
> 

Cheers Matt,
How would that look inside a cron tab? Or would it have to go in to a 
seperate script?