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In order to delete log files older than one year (you can adjust this value below) just edit your crontab and add:
 
In order to delete log files older than one year (you can adjust this value below) just edit your crontab and add:
 
  
 
  0 0 1 1 *  find $FWDIR/log/ -mtime +365 -exec rm -f {} \;
 
  0 0 1 1 *  find $FWDIR/log/ -mtime +365 -exec rm -f {} \;
  
 
This way, on January 1st, it will delete the files from the previous year (not the one that has just ended :)
 
This way, on January 1st, it will delete the files from the previous year (not the one that has just ended :)

Revision as of 23:36, 10 July 2016

In order to delete log files older than one year (you can adjust this value below) just edit your crontab and add:

0 0 1 1 *   find $FWDIR/log/ -mtime +365 -exec rm -f {} \;

This way, on January 1st, it will delete the files from the previous year (not the one that has just ended :)