Best way to handle old snapshots in local repository?

Question

We have a Nexus local repository manager which handles all our internal projects (as well as mirroring outside repositories). For our internal projects, we only keep the most

Answer 1

On Linux, you can use this command:

find $HOME/.m2/repository/ \
   -name "*-SNAPSHOT" \
   -type d \
   -mtime +60 \
   -print \
   -prune \
   -exec rm -r "{}" \;

Explanation:

• Find anything named *-SNAPSHOT in the folder $HOME/.m2/repository/
• AND it must be a directory
• AND it must not have been modified in the last 60 days
• Print what you found. If you want to test the command, stop here
• The -exec will delete the folder, -prune tells find not to try to enter the folder afterwards.
• The -exec will delete the folder and files inside.