On Aug 22, 2007, at 12:32 AM, Henrik Krohns 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.
>
> And what is the reason to do it the "less more painful" way?
>
>> 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.
>
> ... xargs is designed to do that by default.
>
> And followups to Unix 101, cheers.
I guess no mailing list would be complete without at least one
person with a serious attitude problem.
Cheers indeed.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Farewell Ophelia, 9/22/1991 - 7/25/2007
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