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removing files - time based
- Thread starter MarkElls
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touch a reference file and use test option "-ot" older than
"example" I do not program in ksh, i prefere csh, please code yourself...
"now" its 13:30 so you need a referencefile with timecode 13:00
touch -t `date '+%m%d'`1300 reffile
do a foreach loop over all your files and
test loopfile -ot reffile
-> mv
else
-> keep it
Regards
-- Franz
Sorry I'm not a native spaeker, I'm from Munich, Germany - "Home of the Whopper", oh no, "Home of the Oktoberfest" ;-)
Solaris System Manager; I used to work for Sun Microsystems Support (EMEA) for 5 years
"example" I do not program in ksh, i prefere csh, please code yourself...
"now" its 13:30 so you need a referencefile with timecode 13:00
touch -t `date '+%m%d'`1300 reffile
do a foreach loop over all your files and
test loopfile -ot reffile
-> mv
else
-> keep it
Regards
-- Franz
Sorry I'm not a native spaeker, I'm from Munich, Germany - "Home of the Whopper", oh no, "Home of the Oktoberfest" ;-)
Solaris System Manager; I used to work for Sun Microsystems Support (EMEA) for 5 years
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