Hi,
> 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'
>
> Anyone got any ideas? to avoid this?
>
> Otherwise I am going to have to create an "if" routine to test first if
> there are any to delete and if there are then run the command otherwise
> skip it..
cd /backups/fcws
find . -mtime +15 -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec rm -rf {} \;
does the trick even if there are no directories right now.
Cheers,
Torsten
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