[TriLUG] `find -delete` not deleting

[Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG]

On Tue, 6 Sep 2016, Aaron Morrison via TriLUG wrote:

>> Why are you using find? Your directories are already named for
>> datestamps. Just have the cron job's shellscript calculate 7 days
>> ago (let's say 8/27/2016), then do rm -rf whatever/20160827.

> So what if cron misses its trigger?  E.g. On a laptop that is off or sleeping?

This is it. It had to be an "older than" type instruction. You can't depend on a 
machine being up and running and everthing working all the time.

> Alan P said

> lastweek=$(date -d "-7 days" +%y%m%d)

I notice that Alan uses these sort of date constructions all the time, but I 
find the documentation for the arguments to `date` hard to understand. I have to 
go find an example in my files somewhere, but they are few and far between. It's 
easier if I can find something else.

Joe

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