Using "find" in a script..

[John Kodis]

On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 03:51:08PM +0100, WipeOut wrote:

> The command that should do its is..
> 
> find /backups/fcws/ -mtime +15 -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec rm -rf {};
> 
> The problem is that because there are currently no directories to delete 
> I get the error..
> 
> find: missing argument to `-exec'

You're mistaken about the cause of the error.  An "rm -rf" will work
just fine without any arguments.  The problem is that the -exec isn't
seeing the semicolon that it's looking for.  Try this instead:

    find /backups/fcws/ -mtime +15 -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec rm -rf {} \;

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