Auto delete backup cron job

optimusproweb

• July 23, 2019 05:00

Hello, I've created two directories, one for database backup and one for public_html backup. Current cron jobs that works fine, are: For daily database backup: mysqldump --opt -Q -u myuser -p'mypassword' --all-databases > /home/myuser/backupdb/databases_$(date +"\%Y_\%m_\%d_\%T").sql For daily public_html backup: tar -cvpzf /home/myuser/backupdir/files_$(date +"\%Y_\%m_\%d_\%T").tar.gz /home/myuser/public_html So, I need cron job commant for auto delete those backups older than 4 days after a new one is generated. I tried these commands for auto delete the backup of the database and public_html older than 4 days but doesn't work: find /home/myuser/backupdb/ -name "*.sql" -type f -mtime +4 -exec rm -f find /home/myuser/backupdb/files* -type f -mtime +4 | xargs rm Best Regards!

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  cPanelLauren

  • July 23, 2019 20:53

  Have you tried using -delete instead? If you run that command manually do you not get an error? find /home/$user/backupdir/ -name "*.sql" -type f -mtime +4 -delete
  I tested this on my personal server and can confirm it works.

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  optimusproweb

  • July 25, 2019 09:25

  Have you tried using -delete instead? If you run that command manually do you not get an error? find /home/$user/backupdir/ -name "*.sql" -type f -mtime +4 -delete
  I tested this on my personal server and can confirm it works.

  
  I'll try with this code and I'll let you know. Thank you!

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  virtualworldGlobal

  • June 24, 2020 15:58

  Hi We have a script, but need some modifications ---------------------------- 0 4 * * * find /home/user_name/public_html -maxdepth 1 -type f -mtime +7 -name 'backup-*.tar.gz' -delete ---------------------------- We want this to be used - 1. It should look only for backups as - .tar.gz only within the home directory 2. It should run daily and will delete all tar.gz backups 0 days old automatically using Cron Thanks

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