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On 2014-01-20 6:51 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 06:38:40 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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>> The pertinent part of the script is: |
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>>> # delete aged backup files, keeping 60 nightlies and 45 (5 days of) |
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>>> hourlies rm $(ls -1t $MySQL_BACKUP_DIR_nightly/* | tail -n +61) |
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>>> rm $(ls -1t $MySQL_BACKUP_DIR_hourly/* | tail -n +46) |
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>> It works fine and does what it is supposed to, but the email I get as a |
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>> result of the script running says only this in the body: |
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>> rm: missing operand |
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>> Try 'rm --help' for more information. |
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> Do you have a file with an odd name in either of those directories, |
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> particularly one starting with a - |
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No, they are all sql.gz files, starting with the date, like: |
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2014-01-05_0958-hostname-all.sql.gz |
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> You could try adding "echo rm $(ls -1t ..." to the script to see what it |
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> is actually trying to run. |
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> Or you could use find instead |
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> find $MySQL_BACKUP_DIR_nightly -type f -mtime +60 -exec rm {} + |
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Ok, may try that... thx... |
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