Just want to share this User Script to delete Files and Folders older than 64 Days (change my_days).

 

I use it to delete old Surveillance Footage my IP-Cameras are transferring via FTP to my UNRAID Server.

 

#!/bin/bash

#name=Delete old surveillance recordings
#description=Delete files older than x days and empty folders
#arrayStarted=true

# Days to keep
my_days=64
# Folder to clean
my_dir=/mnt/user/ipcam/

# Check if directory exist and quit if not
if [ ! -d "$my_dir" ]; then
    echo ERROR: $my_dir does not exist
    exit 2
fi

# Delete files older than x days
find $my_dir/garten/* -type f -maxdepth 9999 -mtime +$my_days -delete
# Delete empty folders
find $my_dir/garten/* -type d -empty -delete

find $my_dir/garten2/* -type f -maxdepth 9999 -mtime +$my_days -delete
find $my_dir/garten2/* -type d -empty -delete

find $my_dir/haustuer/* -type f -maxdepth 9999 -mtime +$my_days -delete
find $my_dir/haustuer/* -type d -empty -delete

echo Total Files: $(find $my_dir -type f | wc -l)
echo Total Size:  $(du -hs $my_dir | awk '{ print $1; }')

exit 0

 

EDIT: find Documentation https://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/manual/html_mono/find.html

Edited March 18, 20233 yr by pixeldoc81
Update

Would I be able to modify this to make it in terms of hours rather than days? Can I use a decimal? i.e. my_days=0.5?

@winwash54

The find command does only support fraction values of n*24 hours, but not hours.

 

Look at the find Manual: https://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/manual/html_mono/find.html#Age-Ranges

Edited March 18, 20233 yr by pixeldoc81