deleting old files using crontab
问题 I use the following crontab record in order to daily backup my DB: 0 2 * * * MYSQL_PWD=password mysqldump -u user db_name > $HOME/db_backups/db_name-$(date +\%Y-\%m-\%d-\%H-\%M).sql 2>> $HOME/db_backups/cron.log I want to add another crontab record that will delete the DB dumps that are older then one month. Any thoughts? 回答1: Just create another cron: 0 3 * * * find $HOME/db_backups -name "db_name*.sql" -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \; >> $HOME/db_backups/purge.log 2>&1 It will find all backups