Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 10:13:02 -0400 From: David Banning <david+dated+1462111984.5033c3@skytracker.ca> To: Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: deleting /tmp files from crontab Message-ID: <20160426141301.GA62352@skytracker.ca> In-Reply-To: <571F63B3.4040803@gmail.com> References: <20160426123012.GA57555@skytracker.ca> <571F63B3.4040803@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 02:48:51PM +0200, Michael Schuster wrote: > On 26/04/16 14:30, David Banning wrote: > >I am attempting to delete my .spamassassin files from my /tmp directory > > > >putting a command in my crontab; > > > >find /tmp/.spam* -mmin +360 -delete > > the find syntax looks strange (assuming this is straight 'find', not > somthing crontab-specific); normally, I'd expect to see > > # find /tmp -name '.spam*' -mmin +360 -delete That seems to delete the files, but not the directories starting in .spam* Reviewing the find man page, it appears the -delete implementation will not work unless the directory is empty. Still looking for solutions here. > > Does that help? > regards > Michael > > > >renders the following error; > > > >find: -delete: /tmp/.spamassassin10101hXUUVytmp: relative path potentially > >not safe > > > >looking in past postings on this matter, post people add the -mindepth 1, > >however in my case while it elliminates the error, > >it does not delete all the files, perhaps because some of the .spam* > >files are directories. > > > >I wonder if someone has a solution for this. > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > -- > Michael Schuster > http://recursiveramblings.wordpress.com/ > recursion, n: see recursion >
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