RE: unix question

Do not suffix the last directory with (/) and you may get a better result.


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From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lafond, Eileen
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 17:32
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: unix question

Thanks.

I am testing in my own test region and I was going to attempt to delete the 
files in a directory called tutorial.  When I added the /tutorial/ to the 
mydir, it said not such file or directory.  It definitely does exist.  I did a 
cd tutorial and it appeared in the path so it indeed exists.  

I tried another directory path of '/home/faserv/lafonde/Views/' and it said the 
same thing with the views directory.  

Does anyone have a clue as to why I cannot set it up with the directories that 
I want to do the test deletes in?

I have the case set correctly so that is not the issue.

Thanks for any help,

Eileen

-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Øyvind Lode
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 11:40 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: unix question

The below command should delete all files older than 30 days:

find mydir '/home/faserv/lafonde' -type f -mtime +30 -exec rm -f '{}' \;



On 05.10.2010 19:32, Lafond, Eileen wrote:
> I guess that the type of Unix that we have is as follows:
>
> Sun Microsystems Inc.   SunOS 5.10      Generic January 2005
>
> I consider myself a novice, but I write crontabs, cron jobs, sql and bat 
> files.  My problem is with the actual unix itself as with all the slashes, 
> brackets, etc.
>
> I am starting off with a find command to see if I can find the correct files. 
>  Then I want to do the rm command.  I have attempted the man pages in the 
> past to no avail.  I find them very confusing.  I do better with actual 
> samples.
>
> Right now I have a question on the find command that I put together somehow 
> and it works if I don't have the 'type f' filled in.  I thought that that 
> meant the type of file.  I am looking for all the *.lst files, but I get 
> error messages on this.  Otherwise this seems to work to find the files for 
> me.
>
> find mydir '/home/faserv/lafonde' -type f 'lst' -mtime +30 -exec ls -ld {} \;
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eileen La fond
> Work phone: (206) 386-0011
> email: eileen.lafond@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Midence
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 10:08 AM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: unix question
>
> Be careful with this kind of stuff because your unix variant may make
> you do things slightly differently.  Waht kind of unix is it?  Is it
> Aix, hpux, solaris, ...?  You are sure it is Unix and not Linux?
> Sometimes, people say unix when they mean linux.  The are not the same
> thing.  They share similarities though and hence the confusion.  I
> used to be guilty of this myself.  Jim Bauer's instructions look right
> to me but I'd double check your system before you implement them.
>
> Alex M
>
> On 10/5/10, DaShiell, Jude T.  CIV NAVAIR 1490, 1, 26
> <jude.dashiell@xxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>> No, but I can tell you to do the command info find<enter>  or man find
>> <enter>  and start taking notes.  You may get a few good ideas.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lafond,
>> Eileen
>> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 18:36
>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: unix question
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am a unix novice and I need to write some unix to delete all the files
>> in a directory that are older than 30 days.  Can someone help me compose
>> this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Eileen La Fond
>> Phone: (206) 386-0011
>> email: eileen.lafond@xxxxxxxxxxx
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