Automatically delete files from webfolder at regular intervals- HELP NEEDED!

hello

i have a web folder in which files are created at regular intervals .
Is it possible to automatically delete the files which are 1 hour older from that folder ?
i hope i can get solution from experienced members here at DP

 

You can certainly delete files that haven't been modified in the last 24 hours (assuming this is linux ...)

find . -mtime +1 -exec rm {} \;

(obviously be careful where you run this!)

Would need to think a bit more about an hour old though ...

Matt

 

are you sure about this.. because i dont want to loose my other data.....
i want to delete files of folder www/gaurav/temp - for example .. now can you tell me exact code and how to run it .. i am new to linux

 

Hi there,

I suggest you create some temporary files and folders and have a play with these commands before you run them on any important data to find out what they are going to do.

Also, make sure you've got a current backup of any important data.

Regards - Matt

 

hey my friend made me this script for me....

The problem is that it has constant folder address.. and i dont want that.. what i want is that in whichever folder the script is placed it should check the files and delete them without deleting itself!