Joe — Sun, 10 Sep 2000 02:43:49 +0000

The script isn't working correctly. 1: The script is practically deleting every folder(although they aren't being deleted) I set the script to delete any folders older than 15 days

$delete = 15.; also tried $delete = 15;

Question: What's up with the update system and safety check?
Note: All the folders are chmod 711.

2: The folders aren't being deleted. Below is what I received on the confirmation page:

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UPDATED addresses: 0.00483796296296296
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DELETED 2314: 78.8434027777778
DELETED 2315: 191.147407407407
DELETED 2316: 190.331099537037
DELETED 2317: 190.250474537037
DELETED 2318: 190.249097222222

richjb — Sat, 09 Sep 2000 21:50:24 +0000

12 days would simply by 12. .0012 means 1 minute and 44 seconds. I was testing the script on a few directories I had just created, so I had to bring the date to a very low number.

Another example (just to try to clear things up as the above wasn't very descriptive), .1 would be 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Hope that cleared everything up.

Richard

Joe — Sat, 09 Sep 2000 20:58:32 +0000

Thank you very much! That's exactly what I was looking for. My only question is right now the script is set at 12 days?

Thanks again,
Joe

richjb — Sat, 09 Sep 2000 18:23:53 +0000

The following code will do what you want. It has been tested; make sure to define/change the first two variables near the top.

#!/usr/bin/perl

BEGIN {
 use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);
}

use CGI qw(param header);
print header;

#this is the directory you want checked to delete all old directories
$check_dir = "/home/brevig/www/old";
#This is how many days old you want to delete.  Example:  if the directory is older than $delete days than it will be deleted.
$delete = .0012;

opendir DIR, $check_dir;

@dir = readdir DIR;

$safety = 0;

foreach (@dir) {
 $safety++;
 if ($safety > 2) {
  if (-d "$check_dir/$_") {
   $date = -M "$check_dir/$_";
   if ($date > $delete) {
    print "DELETED $_: $date<BR>";
    opendir DEL, "$check_dir/$_";
    @DEL = readdir DEL;
    $safety_two = 0;
    foreach $delete_these (@DEL) {
     if ($safety_two > 2) {
      unlink "$check_dir/$_/$delete_these";
     }
    }
    rmdir "$check_dir/$_";
   } else {
    print "UPDATED $_: $date<br>";
   }
  }
 }
}

print "<BR><BR><BR>DONE<BR><BR>Please remember this script only checks/deletes directories in the directory specified in variable \$check_dir.  This program will also malfunction if there are directories within the directories that are checked to be deleted in $check_dir.  Contact richard\@brevig.com for any assistance.";

Just re-itterating what the script says:

Please remember this script only checks/deletes directories in the directory specified in variable \$check_dir. This program will also malfunction if there are directories within the directories that are checked to be deleted in $check_dir. Contact richard\@brevig.com for any assistance.

Hope that helped.

Richard

Joe — Sat, 09 Sep 2000 17:17:06 +0000

I kinda understood you. Is there a way WITHOUT a time in a database to just sweep through the folder using a script and delete all non-use folders? Could you come up with any code for this?

fairhousing — Fri, 08 Sep 2000 18:52:44 +0000

did u get that joe or did i make no sense?

fairhousing — Thu, 07 Sep 2000 22:58:42 +0000

everytime they use a service have a field n the db that writes down the perl time. then u can have a program that runs and selects perl times that are less than what is needed to be active and deletd those accounts that r just taking up space.

good luck

Joe — Sun, 03 Sep 2000 21:10:58 +0000

Maybe I'm the only one who understands my question
1: A user signs up for a counter.
2: A folder with a specific number is created(increments) and a few documents placed in that folder.

My question is when a user stops using the service, I want to be able a search through and delete that folder.

When a folder is used, it reflects in the last modified date. Therefore, every folder thats being used refects as of today, 9/03/00.

I want to enter a date such as 8/15/00 and delete every folder that falls under this.

Hope that helps and looking forward to a reply.

Joe