Delete files in /tmp that are not in use

bytheway5 · #1 (**permalink**) 02-11-04, 10:39

I need to delete files from the /tmp directory every night. I can need to have to script do a search and only delete files from the /tmp directory that are not currently in use. Any help would be great.

Solaris 8

aigles · #2 (**permalink**) 02-11-04, 11:00

The following code in an extract from an AIX script (/usr/sbin/skulker) that you can use.

Code:

remove_file()
{
        if [ -z "`/usr/sbin/fuser $1 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
           /usr/bin/rm -f $1
        fi
}

# get rid of all ordinary files in the /tmp directory older than 24
# hours and not accessed or modified in the past 24 hours.

/usr/bin/find /tmp -xdev -atime +1 -mtime +1 -type f -print | \
        while read FILE2REM
        do
                remove_file $FILE2REM
        done

bytheway5 · #3 (**permalink**) 02-11-04, 16:46

Thank you. This works great.

Quote:

Originally posted by aigles
The following code in an extract from an AIX script (/usr/sbin/skulker) that you can use.

Code:

remove_file()
{
        if [ -z "`/usr/sbin/fuser $1 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
           /usr/bin/rm -f $1
        fi
}

# get rid of all ordinary files in the /tmp directory older than 24
# hours and not accessed or modified in the past 24 hours.

/usr/bin/find /tmp -xdev -atime +1 -mtime +1 -type f -print | \
        while read FILE2REM
        do
                remove_file $FILE2REM
        done

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