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yacleouf Posted messages 461 Status Member -  
yacleouf Posted messages 461 Status Member -
Hello,

I’m coming back once again to the forum to ask a question about the shell that I absolutely know nothing about…

My problem may seem easy to you… not for me :-)

so here is this small shell program I have:

#!/bin/bash
workFolder=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0))
touch Log-'date +%Y%m%d'.log
LOGFILE=Log-'date +%Y%m%d'.log
find /var/ftp/TestArchivage/Archive -mtime +60 -type f -name "*.xml" -exec rm -f {} +

I tried these two solutions

$workFolder"/"$LOGFILE tee -a 2>&1 $workFolder"/"$LOGFILE

But neither works and each time it tells me Permission denied,
I tried to chmod 777 on the log file but still nothing is written inside…

A little help wouldn’t be refused ^^

Thanks in advance!

Configuration: VGN-cs21S, Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

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    zipe31 Posted messages 34620 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   6 501
     
    Hello, 

    find /var/ftp/TestArchivage/Archive -mtime +60 -type f -name "*.xml" -exec rm -f {} + > ${workFolder}/${LOGFILE} 2>&1


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  2. yacleouf Posted messages 461 Status Member 39
     
    Hi zipe31,

    I just tried what you bolded, but nothing works...

    Here is an excerpt of a log line for reference:
    - rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Jun 17 17:24 Log-20130617.log

    My log file isn’t filling up...

    P.S. I do have old files dating from last year.

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    1. zipe31 Posted messages 34620 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   6 501
       
      Does the following command display something at least? 

      find /var/ftp/TestArchivage/Archive -mtime +60 -type f -name "*.xml" -exec echo "rm -f {}" +
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    2. yacleouf Posted messages 461 Status Member 39
       
      Yes, it listed all the files that meet the condition!
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    3. zipe31 Posted messages 34620 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   6 501
       
      And now by adding the redirect, does the log file fill up?
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    4. yacleouf Posted messages 461 Status Member 39
       
      after several tests I must misplace "the delete request" because nothing is deleted..
      On the other hand the file fills up well.
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    5. zipe31 Posted messages 34620 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   6 501
       
      Attention, in my last message, I added a "echo" to see what the command was doing and to guard against accidental deletion ;-(

      That’s actually a good habit to adopt, especially with the "rm" command ;-\

      You can also add the "-v" option to the "rm" command to make it more verbose...
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