The easiest way to delete files older than 'x' days via command line (therefore a cron job can be created to delete it daily) would be:
find /share/Download/messages* -mtime +5 | xargs rm -rf
Then crontab -e and add the following to the bottom
1 0 * * * find /share/Download/messages* -mtime +5 | xargs rm -rf
This will then keep the last 5 days worth of logs.
Good article on editing cron located here : http://wiki.qnap.com/wiki/Add_items_to_crontab
Thanks for this! I spent a lot of time looking for a command that is supported by Qnap without installing additional packages.
ReplyDeleteChanges made with crontab -e will not survive reboots, however. See https://wiki.qnap.com/wiki/Add_items_to_crontab
Oh, and if anyone new to Linux (like myself) needs a little more information: https://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?f=185&t=126593&p=572821#p572821
DeleteThis solution doesn't work if file name have space.
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@Rafał:
ReplyDeleteIf file name has space just use:
find "/share/Download/spaced messages*" -mtime +5 | xargs rm -rf
Well, that just deleted everything in my directory specified folders and all even though I had files on there less than 30 days old. I used +30.
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