Using the data dynamically in paths with the crontab - can you do it? 2

[stla]

(Elementary user)

Good day,

I would like to make directories available for download for 24hours and then move them to another location, inside a subfolder folder with 'yesterday's' date. I would like to use a script and the crontab:

For example - here is the path to my download area:
/raid/downloads/ABC
/raid/downloads/TUV
/raid/downloads/XYZ


Here is the target path for the moved directories:
/raid/legacy_data/DATE FROM YESTERDAY/ABC
/raid/legacy_data/DATE FROM YESTERDAY/TUV
/raid/legacy_data/DATE FROM YESTERDAY/XYZ

Here is my unfinished script:
find . -maxdepth 1 -mtime 1 -name '*' -exec mv {} /raid/legacy_data/DATE FROM YESTERDAY/ \;

Can anyone help me solve the 'date' part of my script?

Best regards

 

[mrregan]

What we do is run another job in cron.daily which captures the current date to a file. The 'date' file will remain unchanged until the same time tomorrow when the cron job will replace it. Our archive script uses that date before it is replaced.

 

[Annihilannic]

Or, since you're using Linux, you can use the GNU extension to the date command: date --date yesterday.

Annihilannic.

 

[stla]

(Elementary user)

Thank you for your help; yes I'm using Linux 5.

Your suggestion sounds ideal but I'm at a loss as to how to integrate it into my script; could you please help?

find . -maxdepth 1 -mtime 1 -name '*' -exec mv {} /raid/legacy_data/date --date yesterday/ \;

 

[mrregan]

you need backticks surrounding the date command:

`date --date yesterday`

 

[mrregan]

By the way, you may find this expression more suitable to your needs:
`date --date yesterday +%y%m%d`

 

[stla]

Hello,

I think I can (almost) answer my own question!

I have modified my script as below however its is placing the contents of all the directories it finds into a folder with yesterday's date; is there a way of moving the found directories intact to a folder with yesterday's date?

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cd /raid/downloads/

YESTERDAY=$(date -d "yesterday" '+%Y-%m-%d')

find . -maxdepth 1 -mtime 1 -name '*' -exec mv {} /raid/legacy_data/$YESTERDAY/ \;
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Best regards

 

[Annihilannic]

Add a -type d perhaps? I took out the -name '*' since it's superfluous. I also added -mindepth 1 so that it doesn't include "." in the list, otherwise you will probably get an error should you try to mv it.

cd /raid/downloads/

YESTERDAY=$(date -d "yesterday" '+%Y-%m-%d')

find . -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -mtime 1 -type d -exec mv {} /raid/legacy_data/$YESTERDAY/ \;

Annihilannic.

 

[stla]

Thank you so much for all your help Annihilannic; your solution works pefectly for my needs!