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Delete all files older than X days

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Mar 15, 20263095 views

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So I have a cron setup to make backups of a folder into a tarball every hour. I would like to add into the shell script that I'm using the ability to have files deleted automagically after about three days, so that I don't have a crap ton of files. How can I go about this? Thanks.

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Add this line to the script (modify accordingly): This assumes your backup tarballs and only your backup tarballs reside in that folder. You could also use the utility:

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