On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 00:26, Randall D. Hobbs wrote: > On Thursday 17 June 2004 08:54 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 23:40, Sergio fernandez wrote: > > > I am no expert but I think Dantz Retrospect might be able to help you. > > > Their web site is http://www.dantz.com/ but they charge for the product > > > > Nah - I'm just looking for a script - there's a script that lives on the > > box already - simple - like mine - I might just go so far as to modify > > the existing script so that it burns to CD for the moment - but I'd like > > to delete any "redundant" backup kept on the drive that exceeds four > > weeks...just didn't want to take the time away from my customers (and my > > making money) to fsck with delving into shell scripting any further than > > I really have to. Got bills to pay and food to buy. > > What type of script is it currently using for the backups? Perl? Bash? Either > way, here's a simple one liner you can use to remove backups older than 30 > days in a given directory: > > find /backups -daystart -mtime 30 -type f -maxdepth 1 -name "Backup*.tar.gz" > -exec rm -f {} \; > > You'll want to put the directory in that it'll search, and change the name to > fit. You can also change the number of days to keep as well. This is a simple > yet effective way to remove the older backups. Read up on the find command > for more control options.
Hmm...didn't think about that - great - much appreciated - getting even further down the track now - ta mate! stephen kuhn - proprietor ============================== illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com mobile: 0410.728.389 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 07:14:55 up 1 day, 16:03, 3 users, load average: 0.02, 0.10, 0.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents ------------------------------------------------------------------ This email is virus-free because we don't use Microsoft products We dedicate this book to our fellow citizens who, for love of truth, take from their own wants by taxes and gifts, and now and then send forth one of themselves as dedicated servant, to forward the search into the mysteries and marvelous simplicities of this strange and beautiful Universe, Our home. -- "Gravitation", Misner, Thorne, and Wheeler
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