script for removing files that are 1 hour old

Question

I need shell script that runs every half an hour on cron and removes the files with extension (*.arc) that are 1 hour ,

old i tried mtime but that has a option only for days old not in terms of hours

it would be helpful if i can get a command or some logic which can run on all types of OS meaning (hp-ux,linux,rhel etc)

edit:(some of the servers in my work environment have OS that dont have mmin option is there a work around)

can anyone please tell how i wud use tmpwatch or temreaper do delete files (*.arc) older than 1 hr

thank you

hi thanks for the help ,but majority of the production servers have no mmin option — user3186568, Mar 06 '14 at 09:30

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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Maybe this can help you

Seems to do what you are wanting to do!

Edit!

Maybe considerd kind of a hack, but maybe you code do something like this

touch -t 03061000 /tmp/datefile

This is supposed to create a file with a time stamp of March 6th 10:00

Next you can issue the command

find . -newer /tmp/datefile -print

to find the files thare are newer than this file and remove them.

Hope this helps!

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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answered Mar 06 '14 at 09:29

Daniel Hansen

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A link to someone else's question is not an answer. – Tom Fenech Mar 06 '14 at 09:30
No, but I dont seem to be able to mark as duplicate which I think this question is. – Daniel Hansen Mar 06 '14 at 09:31
thanks guys but can u have a look at the edit – user3186568 Mar 06 '14 at 09:33
since im working on some critical systems(im a DBA and newbie in shellscripting ) my seniors expect some thing solid ,thanks for your suggestion though – user3186568 Mar 06 '14 at 10:05

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