SCOUR
NAME
scour - File deletion program
SYNOPSIS
scour [options...] [path...] [limit...]
PARAMETERS
| Command Line | Description |
| -h | Lists help information. |
| -list | Lists the files in the directory |
| -verb | Prints information (default: no output) |
| +name | Sorts files in alphabetical order (A-Z) |
| -name | Sorts files in reverse alphabetical order (Z-A) |
| +size | Sorts files in size order (0-9) |
| -size | Sorts files in reverse size order (9-0) |
| +date | Sorts files in age order (jan-dec) |
| -date | Sorts files in reverse age order (dec-jan) |
| path | Path to scour (default: current directory) |
| limit | Limit of scour (default: no scour performed)
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DESCRIPTION
This program is used to delete old data files from the ingested data directories to prevent the hard disk from filling up. This program can be used to view directory information if the limit is not specified on the command line. If a limit is specified, the program will delete the oldest files until the limit is reached either by reducing the size of the directory to a specified byte count or removing all files older than a certain age. To insure scour is run, it is recommended that it be installed into the cron list for the user that is running the ingestor (to prevent permission conflicts). Here is a sample crontab listing:
35 * * * * /home/wxp/bin/scour -verb /home/wxp/data msize=300 36 * * * * /home/wxp/bin/scour -verb /home/wxp/text msize=150 37 * * * * /home/wxp/bin/scour -verb /home/wxp/model msize=500 38 * * * * /home/wxp/bin/scour -verb /home/wxp/convert msize=25 38 * * * * /home/wxp/bin/scour -verb /home/wxp/sat msize=500
EXAMPLES
scour /usr/wxp/data msize=400
This will delete the oldest files in the directory until the size of the directory is 400 megabytes.
scour /usr/wxp/convert age=10
This will remove all files which are greater than 10 days old.
SEE ALSO
- ingest - WXP ingest program
Last updated June 8, 1998