Excerpts from wagnerdm's message of Tue Jul 07 11:26:35 -0400 2009:
> > ls -1t "$dump_dir"/sup-dumps-* | { read; read; read; read; cat } | xargs
> > rm
>
> "{ read; read; read; read; cat }" could probably better be done as
> "tail +5"; makes it easier to adjust to people's choice of backup
Or:
DAYS=5
find $dump_dir -mtime +${DAYS} -name "*sup-dumps-*" -print0 | xargs -0
--no-run-if-empty rm
(adjust xargs options to suit your environment...I don't think
--no-run-if-empty is all that portable.)
-Ben
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