Want a Deleting Script

[bikram]

HI all


I am a new to linux and scripting…

so need your help in making a script…

which will

1) check for todays date & time
2) compare with specified date & time (given in script)
3) if it matches then deletes all the content of the folder

any help will be appreciated

Thanx

[Schotty]

What language?

[explorer]

HI all


I am a new to linux and scripting…

so need your help in making a script…

which will

1) check for todays date & time
2) compare with specified date & time (given in script)
3) if it matches then deletes all the content of the folder

any help will be appreciated

Thanx

Try the following script:

#!/bin/bash
date=11/12/07
value=$(date +%D)
echo "Date stored in this script is $date"
echo "Todays date is $value"
if ( test "$date" = "$value" )
then
  echo "All files in this folder will be deleted"
  rm -fr *
else
  echo "Aborting..."
fi