[K12OSN] script help - please

[daniel.hunt at iibbank.ie]

Is there a reason as to why you'd completely wipe all of the directory off
the system?

Maybe you could just take the largest folder / file and remove that, and
then run the check again ... continue until size < threshold_value?

Or possibly remove write permission on a user's home directory so that they
come to you next time they logon and you can tell them they have 14.3
seconds to delete the warez that they've been downloading before you remove
their home folder entirely? :)

Daniel

-----Original Message-----
From: Jimmy Schwankl [mailto:schwankl at chatham.k12.nc.us]
Sent: 25 May 2004 14:12
To: k12osn at redhat.com
Subject: [K12OSN] script help - please


Hello good people.  I can't get the syntax right on a script I'm 
working on.  I need to delete a directory's contents when it's size 
gets over a certain amount.  I know this should be uber-easy, but I 
just can't get it.  Here's what I have so far:

#!/bin/tcsh
# get the size of the directory
du -ks /savedHomedirs/
# if total is over 100MB, then clear out directory
if ($1>100000) then
rm -rf /savedHomedirs/*
endif

#exit 0
exit 0

I'm using tcsh, but I'm willing to run it using a different shell if it 
would make it easier for you to help me:-)  Also, if you have a better 
way to script this, feel free to completely disregard the track I was 
taking and start fresh.

Thanks,
Jimmy Schwankl
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