Remove files via cronjob?

graphicsarea

• November 03, 2018 09:56

How to remove zip files in specific folder in my hosting by cron job? I want to remove zip files in specific folder every day at 5:00PM My directory (files) located in: /home/site/public_html/pics/files/ Thanks.

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  rpvw

  • November 03, 2018 21:13

  You could use the following code, but it is important that you actually understand what it does and you don't just blindly copy and paste it ....... find /home/site/public_html/pics/files/ \( -name "*.zip" \) -type f -exec rm {} +
  Warning - this will also recursively loop through all the folders below the defined folder as well If you just want to limit the find to the configured folder use find /home/site/public_html/pics/files/ -maxdepth 1 \( -name "*.zip" \) -type f -exec rm {} +
  The best way of using this is to create a shell script and then call it by cron. If you don't have access to shell, you might want to explore using php to do the same thing See Cron Jobs - Version 74 Documentation - cPanel Documentation

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  cPanelMichael

  • November 05, 2018 17:19

  Hello @graphicsarea, I concur with @rpvw here. Let us know if you have any additional questions. Thank you.

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