Re: Purging old files from directories

On Friday 01 August 2003 21:40, Verdon vaillancourt wrote: > I need to write a script that will scan/read a given directory's contents > and delete files older than a certain date. Ideally, this will be a script > that runs via cron once a week and deletes all files it finds in the > directory older than 2 weeks from the current date. I do currently have > scripts running via cron and that's no problem. I'm not sure where to begin > with the other components > > I'm not looking to be spoon-fed, but I was hoping that someone could point > me in the right direction to start researching. Reading manual > Directory functions manual > Filesystem functions manual > Date and Time functions should get you started. If possible, it's a lot easier and more efficient to use a shell script instead. A single find command will do the job. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * ------------------------------------------ Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general ------------------------------------------ /* Do it by the book -- Anti- Murphy's Laws n5 */