<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Here's a modification that might make it actually run. Std. "no guarantees" caveat applies. #!/bin/sh cd /home for userdir in `ls -C1` do echo Working on $userdir... cd $userdir for deleteme in `ls -C1 -a` do if [[ $deleteme != 'mail' ]] || [[ $deleteme != '.openwebmail' ]] then do echo Removing $deleteme... rm -ri $deleteme done else echo "Oops, encountered "$deleteme", not deleting!" fi done done <div class="moz-signature"> --TP _______________________________ Do you <a href="http://www.gnu.org">GNU</a>? <a href="http://www.cmosnetworks.com">Microsoft Free since 2003</a>--the ultimate antivirus protection! </div> Huck wrote: <blockquote cite="mid471F9E54.2060105@paasda.org" type="cite">for $x in 'ls' do for $y in 'ls -a' if $y != 'mail' || '.openwebmail' do rm -rf $y something like that? of course that won't run..but it's the logical thinking behind it maybe? --Huck Jim Kronebusch wrote: <blockquote type="cite">I need to purge files out of an old /home server that is only running email now. I need a script that will run through every user folder on /home and delete every file/folder except a folder named "mail" and a folder named ".openwebmail". I need those two folders and their contents to remain untouched. Can anyone help with this? Of course I'll assume all caveats regarding testing first and not hold anyone responsible for data loss :-) Jim </blockquote> _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> For more info see <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.k12os.org"><http://www.k12os.org></a> </blockquote> </body> </html>