====== Delete files older than X days ======

Version 1

<code bash> 
#!/bin/bash
#Written Andrew Stringer
#This is to find old files and purge them to prevent backups filling
#the system up.

#Backup files stored to here:-
BASEDIR='/mnt/datastore/db-backup'

echo "Starting run at `date`" > ${BASEDIR}/housekeeping.log

#find files older than 2 days & delete them
rm -rf `find ${BASEDIR} -type d -mtime +1` >> ${BASEDIR}/housekeeping.log

exit 0
</code>

Version 2

  #!/bin/bash
  #find all files in IA archive directory older than ${AGE} days
  #and deletes them.
  
  #turn on debugging, -x starts, +x stops
  set +x
  
  BASE=/wworks_ftp/bar_ia
  ARCHIVE=${BASE}/archive
  
  EMAIL=${SCRIPTS}/emailtmp-$$
  MAILTO=andrew.stringer@xxx.com
  SENDEMAIL=no
  
  #How old do the files need to be?
  AGE=4
  
  
  NUMFILES=`find ${ARCHIVE}/ -mtime +${AGE} | wc -l`
  
  echo "Number of files found is ${NUMFILES}."
  
  
  #Do the deed!
  find ${ARCHIVE} -mtime +${AGE} -exec ls -l {} \;
  #find ${ARCHIVE} -mtime +${AGE} -exec rm -f {} \;
  
  
  exit 0