> On Aug 21, 2007, at 5:47 PM, MrC wrote:
> >>> And what can I do to manage this directory so that I only keep 30
> >>> days worth
> >>> of message zipped?
> >>
> >> Uhh:
> >>
> >> # find /var/virusmails -ctime +30 -exec rm -f {} \;
> >
> > Oh, careful. This will cause a enormous number of exec's for a
> > directory with an enormous number of files.
> >
> > Better to use:
> >
> > # find /var/virusmails -ctime +30 -print | xargs /bin/rm -f
>
> Very true, but running it more frequently will be much less
> painful. I believe xargs does have an option to limit the number of
> parameters to assemble from stdin to avoid blowing past the maximum
> command line length...Ahh yes (looking at the man page) -L <num> does
> that.
>
> The find(1) utility in GNU findutils has a -delete option which
> makes it even easier, but that's not quite universal.
>
> -Dave
Thank you Dave and Gary,
It works like a charm. :)
I will use that and make use of cronjob to run every night.
Justin
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