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Delete OLD files in linux

Sunday, June 5, 2011, 17:42
HOW TOs, Job Scheduling, Linux, Shell scripting
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If you want to delete log files or folders in /var/log directory which are older than 200 days then you can follow the below steps To list the files which are older than 200 days #find /var/log -mtime +200 After verifying ,you can delete those files/folders #find /var/log -mtime +200 -exec rm {} \; Full story

Tags: exec, find command in linux, housekeeping in linux, mtime

Shellscript for mysql database backup

Thursday, July 29, 2010, 7:25
Database, Job Scheduling, Linux, MySQL, Shell scripting
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Here is the sample shellscript to take backup of all batabase {code codetype=php} #!/bin/bash export DB_BACKUP="/backup/mysql_backup" Full story

Tags: crontab, Database backup, job scheduling, script for database backup

How to synchronize data between two servers using rsync

Monday, July 12, 2010, 9:05
Linux, Shell scripting
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Rsync: rsync is an application used in unix systems which synchronize files and directories between two machines.rsync behaves like rcp(remote file copy),but it much faster than rcp.because rsync sends the differences in the files instead of sending entire files. Full story

Tags: rsync, server backup, syschronize data between two servers