I need to create a shell script tha 3

[blaqiyce]

I need to create a shell script that will delete core dumps from cold fusion and ags (found in /var) and then add it to the crontab to run hourly. Can anyone help or know what i am talking about (I sure dont).

Thanks

 

[harris79]

To delete core dumps from /var every hour (at 10 past), add the following to your crontab

10 * * * * find /var/core -exec rm {} \; &

Steve

 

[lfoata]

what harris79 says is good, but I would use the format :
find /var -name core -exec rm {} \;

if you want to find all the core dumps under /var and its subdirectories.

 

[trunix]

Automating the removal of core dumps is a good idea, but can be frustrating when you have deleted core dumps which you might need to retain for analysis purposes.
Better to retain them for a few days with :-
find /var -name core -ctime +5 -exec rm{}\;
Where the +number is the number of days. This command will therefore only delete core dumps older than 5 days.