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How to delete files by "created date" [message #201640]

Mon, 06 November 2006 03:15

taboo168
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Location: Hanoi, Vietnam

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Hi all,

I'm running Oracle DB9i on Linux AS4.0, using archive log mode. So If I dont remove archived log files manually, server HDDs will be full after weeks.
And now I try to fingure out "how to delete files by created date" to manage archived log files.
Any help will be highly appriciate!
Hungnh

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Re: How to delete files by "created date" [message #201649 is a reply to message #201640]

Mon, 06 November 2006 03:35

Mahesh Rajendran
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http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96566/rcmbackp.htm#456279
Use
RMAN> backup archivelog ...your options..
or
write a unix script that will use
'find' with mtime or atime.
schedule the script to run everday.

Search the forum for more examples.

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Re: How to delete files by "created date" [message #201653 is a reply to message #201640]

Mon, 06 November 2006 03:51

taboo168
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Thanks very much Mahesh Rajendran, but I still miss the answer because I'm not good at Linux command at all. I can find those files with "find -mtime", but dont know how to remove them. So can you please provide an simple example.
Thanks in advance
Hungnh

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Re: How to delete files by "created date" [message #201655 is a reply to message #201653]

Mon, 06 November 2006 03:55

Mahesh Rajendran
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I asked
>>Search the forum for more examples.
Did you even try that?

find <path> -type f -name "*.ext" -mtime +<your_retention> -exec rm {} \;

PS: above is untested code.

[Updated on: Mon, 06 November 2006 03:58]

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Re: How to delete files by "created date" [message #201659 is a reply to message #201640]

Mon, 06 November 2006 04:00

taboo168
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It's done

Thanks alot
Hungnh

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