Linux shell script for delete old files from ftp

ftp, shell

Solution

This is a script I wrote to remove any files on a remote ftp site older than 7 days. It works by retrieving a listing of the directory, parsing the modified date, and then re-connecting to delete any files older than ndays.

I suspect that the numbers hard-coded into the loop (element date) may change depending on the setup of your system. The return formatting of the ls command is dependent on the local system settings.

Assuming your backups are every day, then setting ndays to 10 might solve your problem.

#!/bin/bash
# get a list of files and dates from ftp and remove files older than ndays
ftpsite="ftp.yourserver.com"
ftpuser="loginusername"
ftppass="password"
putdir="/public_ftp/admin/logs"

ndays=7


# work out our cutoff date
MM=`date --date="$ndays days ago" +%b`
DD=`date --date="$ndays days ago" +%d`


echo removing files older than $MM $DD

# get directory listing from remote source
listing=`ftp -i -n $ftpsite <<EOMYF 
user $ftpuser $ftppass
binary
cd $putdir
ls
quit
EOMYF
`
lista=( $listing )

# loop over our files
for ((FNO=0; FNO<${#lista[@]}; FNO+=9));do
  # month (element 5), day (element 6) and filename (element 8)
  #echo Date ${lista[`expr $FNO+5`]} ${lista[`expr $FNO+6`]}          File: ${lista[`expr $FNO+8`]}

  # check the date stamp
  if [ ${lista[`expr $FNO+5`]}=$MM ];
  then
    if [[ ${lista[`expr $FNO+6`]} -lt $DD ]];
    then
      # Remove this file
      echo "Removing ${lista[`expr $FNO+8`]}"
      ftp -i -n $ftpsite <<EOMYF2 
      user $ftpuser $ftppass
      binary
      cd $putdir
      delete ${lista[`expr $FNO+8`]}
      quit
EOMYF2


    fi
  fi
done

Problem

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