Need a script to delete dir over 2 months old 1

[jewel464g]

I have a huge array of folders that are automatically generated by my IDS software. I need a script that will search through these folders and delete the ones that are over 2 months old. I have written some small shell scripts, but I just don't know how to write this one. Can someone be of some assistance?? Linux platform

thanks,
Jewel

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[Einstein47]

Sounds like a perfect job for find.

find /starting/directory/ -type d -mtime +60 -exec rm -r {} \;

But try it first with the -print instead of the -exec rm -r {} \; so that you can verify what you are deleting.

Always test and double test with any script that deletes files. You never know. Einstein47
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[jewel464g]

When I run the find with -print. It's prints the correct list of directories.

But when I try it with the "-exec rm -r {} \;" it prints these error messages to the screen.



find: /var/log/snort/216.102.242.172: No such file or directory
find: /var/log/snort/218.20.63.40: No such file or directory
find: /var/log/snort/166.102.82.212: No such file or directory
find: /var/log/snort/63.57.219.185: No such file or directory
find: /var/log/snort/67.232.128.8: No such file or directory
find: /var/log/snort/61.222.90.18: No such file or directory
find: /var/log/snort/63.39.238.234: No such file or directory
find: /var/log/snort/165.121.61.133: No such file or directory
find: /var/log/snort/216.128.170.224: No such file or directory
find: /var/log/snort/216.67.212.191: No such file or directory
find: /var/log/snort/209.86.73.208: No such file or directory
find: /var/log/snort/66.168.210.30: No such file or directory
find: /var/log/snort/65.82.198.12: No such file or directory
find: /var/log/snort/209.52.98.181: No such file or directory
find: /var/log/snort/208.248.64.59: No such file or directory
find: /var/log/snort/63.163.51.3: No such file or directory
find: /var/log/snort/209.215.51.85: No such file or directory

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[jewel464g]

fixed it by adding a *

find /starting/directory/ -type d -mtime +60 -exec rm -r {} \;
Thanks for your help,
Jessica

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