[ale] deleting old files

[Jason Lynn]

You could use the find command... though I think this would be a dangerous 
thing to do.

find / -atime +100 -exec rm -f "{}" ";"

You might check my syntax (and logic) for the above command before executing 
it.  ;)

Jason


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>If I have a machine that has been mastered and is "production ready", can I
>issue a command to wipe out all the files that haven't been accessed in a
>while?  Specifically, I want to make an embedded system, so I want my disk
>usage to be as small as possible.  When I have everything I'm going to need
>on the machine, I want to issue a command to "delete all files not
>accessed/modified since: xxxx".  Can I do this?  Can anyone think of
>something I may have overlooked before I do this?
>
>Thanks in advance...
>
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