If it works manually but not in cron you'll probably want to fully qualify the paths of all commands. -- JD Austin Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC jd@twingeckos.com 480.288.8195x201 http://www.twingeckos.com Ogden Nash - "The trouble with a kitten is that when it grows up, it's always a cat." On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com> wrote: > Folks, > > Last time we wrestled with this, we learned that Zoneminder (camera > monitor app) can do purges of older files. Except it doesn't work. > I've tried three times now, it still fills the disk, I'm flat sick and > tired of it. > > There has to be a way in Ubuntu (Jaunty) to do a daily purge chron job > to the effect of: > > --- > sudo find /media/disk/* -mtime +45 -exec rm {} \; > --- > > That command works fine, executed manually. It purges files older > than 45 days on a particular hard disk formatted ReiserFS (due to the > high number of small files). > > Any way I can get it to kick off daily? > > Thanks, > > Jim > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >