NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #18/NN_1992_18.iso/spool/comp/sys/next/sysadmin/4632

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
From: [e-mail] (Brendan T. McNichols)
Subject: Spaces in filenames
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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 14:47:27 EDT
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Hi all,

I have the following script which I modified from an earlier post by Jim
Kiraly to search through the entire filesystem and delete all old files
in .NextTrash directories.

# ---  Empty the Recycler(s)   --- Changed by Brendan on August 10, 1992
# from an earlier version posted by Jim Kiraly to comp.sys.next.sysadmin
#
# Search through entire filesystem looking for .NextTrash directories.
# Save the list in the variable trashlist. For every .NextTrash directory
# found in the previous command, find and delete all files that are more
# than 1 day old.
trashlist=`find / -type d -name .NextTrash -prune -print`
for j in $trashlist
  do
    echo 'Removing files more than 1 day old from recycler: '$j
#    find $j -ctime +1 -depth -exec rm -rf {};
  done

Unfortunatly, the script does not work if one of the paths in the
trashlist variable has a space in it.  When the for loop gets to the path
with the space in it, it thinks that the path is actually two paths.
Anyone know how I would go about fixing this problem?  Can anyone think
of a better way of writing this script?

Thanks very much in advance,
Brendan

--
Brendan T. McNichols, Computer Support                [phone]
Psyracuse U. Sychology Dept.             [e-mail] (NeXT)
430 Huntington Hall                                 [e-mail]
Syracuse, NY 13244