On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 03:51:08PM +0100, WipeOut wrote:
> The command that should do its is..
>
> find /backups/fcws/ -mtime +15 -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec rm -rf {};
>
> The problem is that because there are currently no directories to delete
> I get the error..
>
> find: missing argument to `-exec'
You're mistaken about the cause of the error. An "rm -rf" will work
just fine without any arguments. The problem is that the -exec isn't
seeing the semicolon that it's looking for. Try this instead:
find /backups/fcws/ -mtime +15 -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec rm -rf {} \;
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