Auto Delete Files in IFS

Asked by: hfcsp

I would like to write a CL to auto-delete any files in an IFS directory that are older than 5 days old. Has anyone done something like this before?

I figured I would ask to see if anyone had any examples to provide before spending a lot of time developing something

I appreciate any help anyone can offer.

Thanks

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Personally, I use QSH for IFS file management tasks like this. For example, this QSH command:

find /HOME/mydir/ -ctime +5 -name '*.class' -exec rm {} \;

Executes the find command, searching the /HOME/mydir folder, for any files with a "last change" time on them more than 5 days ago, and with names ending in ".class" (you can omit the -name directive to FIND all files).

The -exec option runs the rm "remove" command each time a matching file is found. Think of the "{}" as a variable that represents each found file. The "\;" is just there to terminate the command.

You can run QSH commands from a CJ program using the QSH command.

Find: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/index.htm?info/rzahz/find.htm
Qshell: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/index.htm?info/rzahz/intro.htm

Needless to say, be careful experimenting with FIND + -exec RM. I suggest that you create a new user profile, and revoke authority to the entire IFS, except for your test folders. Experiment without the -exec RM component. Once you are sure you have your syntax down, then you can switch to a production profile.

- Gary Patterson

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