Help with cron job

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by alex05, Sep 17, 2008.

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    Hello guys, i'm kinda new to cron jobs... can someone tell me what cron job command i need to delete file in a directory of my website ? i want to delete files each 2 or 3 hours can someone help ?:)
     
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  2. The Universes

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    Lookup the man page for rm
     
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    rm -f .??* /home/user/upload/files/*.*

    Change the path as needed, set the cron up and away ya go.
     
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    They got you covered. Your host should help you with this if its managed hosting
     
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