script shell

[Variable86]

Hi, how can I compress all the directories that don't contain
at least one file used in the last 15 days , with the same name of the directory

thank you

 

[PHV]

What have you tried so far and where in your code are you stuck ?
Hint: man find

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[Variable86]

my idea was to search all directories and then search the directories with file that has been accessed last month and then i don't how to make the difference between two results ( i don't know even if it's possibile )

 

[stkcloudjl]

Something like this?

#!/bin/bash

if [ -z $1 ]
then
echo -e "\nNeed the number of days to go back to!\n"
echo "Example;"
echo "$0 15"
echo -e "Will go back 15 days"
exit 1;
fi

dt1=$(date "+%s" )
reftm=$(echo "$1*24*3600" |bc)

let "newtm=$dt1-$reftm"

for d in $(ls -l |grep "^d" |awk '{print $8}')
do
dtime=$(date -r $d "+%s" )
if [ $dtime -ge $newtm ]
then
echo "backing up $d"
tar -cvzf $d.tgz $d
fi
done