Error in deleting files or directories older than 1 day

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I am able to delete files or directories older than 1 day using below command



find /u01/Release/* -mtime +1 -exec rm -r ;


but why I am getting error in the output of this command:



ls -lrt 
drwxr-xr-x 3 tomcat8 tomcat8 60 Oct 4 07:11 build_180
drwxrwxr-x 6 root root 309 Sep 21 2017 redis-3.2.11
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1550452 Oct 4 15:23 redis-3.2.11.tar.gz

find: ‘/u01/Release/redis-3.2.11’: No such file or directory


after executing command



ls -lrt 
drwxr-xr-x 3 tomcat8 tomcat8 60 Oct 4 07:11 build_180
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1550452 Oct 4 15:23 redis-3.2.11.tar.gz





files find date rm







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  • It's not because a directory hasn't been modified in the last 10 years, that none of the files in it are recent. Modifying the content of a file doesn't modify the directory it's in. It's when you add or remove entries to/from a directory that the directory is modified. For instance / is hardly ever modified. You wouldn't want to remove every file because / is old.
    – Stéphane Chazelas
    Oct 4 at 10:36











  • When you say older than 1 day, do you mean at least 2 days old (which is what -mtime +1 checks) or more than 24 hour old?
    – Stéphane Chazelas
    Oct 4 at 10:41














up vote
2
down vote

favorite












I am able to delete files or directories older than 1 day using below command



find /u01/Release/* -mtime +1 -exec rm -r ;


but why I am getting error in the output of this command:



ls -lrt 
drwxr-xr-x 3 tomcat8 tomcat8 60 Oct 4 07:11 build_180
drwxrwxr-x 6 root root 309 Sep 21 2017 redis-3.2.11
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1550452 Oct 4 15:23 redis-3.2.11.tar.gz

find: ‘/u01/Release/redis-3.2.11’: No such file or directory


after executing command



ls -lrt 
drwxr-xr-x 3 tomcat8 tomcat8 60 Oct 4 07:11 build_180
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1550452 Oct 4 15:23 redis-3.2.11.tar.gz





files find date rm







share|improve this question























  • It's not because a directory hasn't been modified in the last 10 years, that none of the files in it are recent. Modifying the content of a file doesn't modify the directory it's in. It's when you add or remove entries to/from a directory that the directory is modified. For instance / is hardly ever modified. You wouldn't want to remove every file because / is old.
    – Stéphane Chazelas
    Oct 4 at 10:36











  • When you say older than 1 day, do you mean at least 2 days old (which is what -mtime +1 checks) or more than 24 hour old?
    – Stéphane Chazelas
    Oct 4 at 10:41












up vote
2
down vote

favorite









up vote
2
down vote

favorite











I am able to delete files or directories older than 1 day using below command



find /u01/Release/* -mtime +1 -exec rm -r ;


but why I am getting error in the output of this command:



ls -lrt 
drwxr-xr-x 3 tomcat8 tomcat8 60 Oct 4 07:11 build_180
drwxrwxr-x 6 root root 309 Sep 21 2017 redis-3.2.11
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1550452 Oct 4 15:23 redis-3.2.11.tar.gz

find: ‘/u01/Release/redis-3.2.11’: No such file or directory


after executing command



ls -lrt 
drwxr-xr-x 3 tomcat8 tomcat8 60 Oct 4 07:11 build_180
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1550452 Oct 4 15:23 redis-3.2.11.tar.gz





files find date rm







share|improve this question















I am able to delete files or directories older than 1 day using below command



find /u01/Release/* -mtime +1 -exec rm -r ;


but why I am getting error in the output of this command:



ls -lrt 
drwxr-xr-x 3 tomcat8 tomcat8 60 Oct 4 07:11 build_180
drwxrwxr-x 6 root root 309 Sep 21 2017 redis-3.2.11
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1550452 Oct 4 15:23 redis-3.2.11.tar.gz

find: ‘/u01/Release/redis-3.2.11’: No such file or directory


after executing command



ls -lrt 
drwxr-xr-x 3 tomcat8 tomcat8 60 Oct 4 07:11 build_180
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1550452 Oct 4 15:23 redis-3.2.11.tar.gz





files find date rm




files find date rm






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  • It's not because a directory hasn't been modified in the last 10 years, that none of the files in it are recent. Modifying the content of a file doesn't modify the directory it's in. It's when you add or remove entries to/from a directory that the directory is modified. For instance / is hardly ever modified. You wouldn't want to remove every file because / is old.
    – Stéphane Chazelas
    Oct 4 at 10:36











  • When you say older than 1 day, do you mean at least 2 days old (which is what -mtime +1 checks) or more than 24 hour old?
    – Stéphane Chazelas
    Oct 4 at 10:41
















  • It's not because a directory hasn't been modified in the last 10 years, that none of the files in it are recent. Modifying the content of a file doesn't modify the directory it's in. It's when you add or remove entries to/from a directory that the directory is modified. For instance / is hardly ever modified. You wouldn't want to remove every file because / is old.
    – Stéphane Chazelas
    Oct 4 at 10:36











  • When you say older than 1 day, do you mean at least 2 days old (which is what -mtime +1 checks) or more than 24 hour old?
    – Stéphane Chazelas
    Oct 4 at 10:41















It's not because a directory hasn't been modified in the last 10 years, that none of the files in it are recent. Modifying the content of a file doesn't modify the directory it's in. It's when you add or remove entries to/from a directory that the directory is modified. For instance / is hardly ever modified. You wouldn't want to remove every file because / is old.
– Stéphane Chazelas
Oct 4 at 10:36





It's not because a directory hasn't been modified in the last 10 years, that none of the files in it are recent. Modifying the content of a file doesn't modify the directory it's in. It's when you add or remove entries to/from a directory that the directory is modified. For instance / is hardly ever modified. You wouldn't want to remove every file because / is old.
– Stéphane Chazelas
Oct 4 at 10:36













When you say older than 1 day, do you mean at least 2 days old (which is what -mtime +1 checks) or more than 24 hour old?
– Stéphane Chazelas
Oct 4 at 10:41




When you say older than 1 day, do you mean at least 2 days old (which is what -mtime +1 checks) or more than 24 hour old?
– Stéphane Chazelas
Oct 4 at 10:41










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This is very well known issue. The problem is that find first removes directory and then tries to process files inside it. A solution is to first deal with stuff inside directory and only then delete directory. That's what -depth option is for, so:



find /u01/Release/* -depth -mtime +1 -exec rm -r ;


should do the trick. You may also be interested in the shorter form using -delete action (which implies -depth):



find /u01/Release/* -mtime +1 -delete


As always man find is your friend.






share|improve this answer






















  • Thanks for explanation.
    – RAJ METRE
    Oct 4 at 10:27






  • 1




    It's -mtime +0 for files older than 24 hours
    – Stéphane Chazelas
    Oct 4 at 10:31










  • Note that when you remove a file from a directory, that updates its mtime. If a/b/c is 1 minute old, a/b 5 days old and a 5 year old, then it will remove a/b (and c in the process), but not a.
    – Stéphane Chazelas
    Oct 4 at 10:35










  • @StéphaneChazelas Yes, sure, I bet star glob is most probably also not what OP needs, but that's other topic.
    – jimmij
    Oct 4 at 10:38


















up vote
0
down vote













Try the below, Better to use --force which will delete files and directories.



find /u01/Release/* -mtime +1 -exec rm -rf ;


-r, -R, --recursive
 remove directories and their contents recursively
-f, --force
 ignore nonexistent files, never prompt





share|improve this answer






















  • i tried that but still get this message find: ‘/u01/Release/redis-3.2.11’: No such file or directory
    – RAJ METRE
    Oct 4 at 10:13











  • ok, that means no older files are available under the directory /u01/Release/redis-3.2.11
    – EBIN GLADSON
    Oct 4 at 10:15











  • /u01/Release/redis-3.2.11 this is older directory. it is deleting that directory with that message
    – RAJ METRE
    Oct 4 at 10:20










  • share the ls -d /u01/Release/redis-3.2.11 output here
    – EBIN GLADSON
    Oct 4 at 10:21











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This is very well known issue. The problem is that find first removes directory and then tries to process files inside it. A solution is to first deal with stuff inside directory and only then delete directory. That's what -depth option is for, so:



find /u01/Release/* -depth -mtime +1 -exec rm -r ;


should do the trick. You may also be interested in the shorter form using -delete action (which implies -depth):



find /u01/Release/* -mtime +1 -delete


As always man find is your friend.






share|improve this answer






















  • Thanks for explanation.
    – RAJ METRE
    Oct 4 at 10:27






  • 1




    It's -mtime +0 for files older than 24 hours
    – Stéphane Chazelas
    Oct 4 at 10:31










  • Note that when you remove a file from a directory, that updates its mtime. If a/b/c is 1 minute old, a/b 5 days old and a 5 year old, then it will remove a/b (and c in the process), but not a.
    – Stéphane Chazelas
    Oct 4 at 10:35










  • @StéphaneChazelas Yes, sure, I bet star glob is most probably also not what OP needs, but that's other topic.
    – jimmij
    Oct 4 at 10:38















up vote
2
down vote













This is very well known issue. The problem is that find first removes directory and then tries to process files inside it. A solution is to first deal with stuff inside directory and only then delete directory. That's what -depth option is for, so:



find /u01/Release/* -depth -mtime +1 -exec rm -r ;


should do the trick. You may also be interested in the shorter form using -delete action (which implies -depth):



find /u01/Release/* -mtime +1 -delete


As always man find is your friend.






share|improve this answer






















  • Thanks for explanation.
    – RAJ METRE
    Oct 4 at 10:27






  • 1




    It's -mtime +0 for files older than 24 hours
    – Stéphane Chazelas
    Oct 4 at 10:31










  • Note that when you remove a file from a directory, that updates its mtime. If a/b/c is 1 minute old, a/b 5 days old and a 5 year old, then it will remove a/b (and c in the process), but not a.
    – Stéphane Chazelas
    Oct 4 at 10:35










  • @StéphaneChazelas Yes, sure, I bet star glob is most probably also not what OP needs, but that's other topic.
    – jimmij
    Oct 4 at 10:38













up vote
2
down vote










up vote
2
down vote









This is very well known issue. The problem is that find first removes directory and then tries to process files inside it. A solution is to first deal with stuff inside directory and only then delete directory. That's what -depth option is for, so:



find /u01/Release/* -depth -mtime +1 -exec rm -r ;


should do the trick. You may also be interested in the shorter form using -delete action (which implies -depth):



find /u01/Release/* -mtime +1 -delete


As always man find is your friend.






share|improve this answer














This is very well known issue. The problem is that find first removes directory and then tries to process files inside it. A solution is to first deal with stuff inside directory and only then delete directory. That's what -depth option is for, so:



find /u01/Release/* -depth -mtime +1 -exec rm -r ;


should do the trick. You may also be interested in the shorter form using -delete action (which implies -depth):



find /u01/Release/* -mtime +1 -delete


As always man find is your friend.







share|improve this answer














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answered Oct 4 at 10:23









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  • Thanks for explanation.
    – RAJ METRE
    Oct 4 at 10:27






  • 1




    It's -mtime +0 for files older than 24 hours
    – Stéphane Chazelas
    Oct 4 at 10:31










  • Note that when you remove a file from a directory, that updates its mtime. If a/b/c is 1 minute old, a/b 5 days old and a 5 year old, then it will remove a/b (and c in the process), but not a.
    – Stéphane Chazelas
    Oct 4 at 10:35










  • @StéphaneChazelas Yes, sure, I bet star glob is most probably also not what OP needs, but that's other topic.
    – jimmij
    Oct 4 at 10:38

















  • Thanks for explanation.
    – RAJ METRE
    Oct 4 at 10:27






  • 1




    It's -mtime +0 for files older than 24 hours
    – Stéphane Chazelas
    Oct 4 at 10:31










  • Note that when you remove a file from a directory, that updates its mtime. If a/b/c is 1 minute old, a/b 5 days old and a 5 year old, then it will remove a/b (and c in the process), but not a.
    – Stéphane Chazelas
    Oct 4 at 10:35










  • @StéphaneChazelas Yes, sure, I bet star glob is most probably also not what OP needs, but that's other topic.
    – jimmij
    Oct 4 at 10:38
















Thanks for explanation.
– RAJ METRE
Oct 4 at 10:27




Thanks for explanation.
– RAJ METRE
Oct 4 at 10:27




1




1




It's -mtime +0 for files older than 24 hours
– Stéphane Chazelas
Oct 4 at 10:31




It's -mtime +0 for files older than 24 hours
– Stéphane Chazelas
Oct 4 at 10:31












Note that when you remove a file from a directory, that updates its mtime. If a/b/c is 1 minute old, a/b 5 days old and a 5 year old, then it will remove a/b (and c in the process), but not a.
– Stéphane Chazelas
Oct 4 at 10:35




Note that when you remove a file from a directory, that updates its mtime. If a/b/c is 1 minute old, a/b 5 days old and a 5 year old, then it will remove a/b (and c in the process), but not a.
– Stéphane Chazelas
Oct 4 at 10:35












@StéphaneChazelas Yes, sure, I bet star glob is most probably also not what OP needs, but that's other topic.
– jimmij
Oct 4 at 10:38





@StéphaneChazelas Yes, sure, I bet star glob is most probably also not what OP needs, but that's other topic.
– jimmij
Oct 4 at 10:38













up vote
0
down vote













Try the below, Better to use --force which will delete files and directories.



find /u01/Release/* -mtime +1 -exec rm -rf ;


-r, -R, --recursive
 remove directories and their contents recursively
-f, --force
 ignore nonexistent files, never prompt





share|improve this answer






















  • i tried that but still get this message find: ‘/u01/Release/redis-3.2.11’: No such file or directory
    – RAJ METRE
    Oct 4 at 10:13











  • ok, that means no older files are available under the directory /u01/Release/redis-3.2.11
    – EBIN GLADSON
    Oct 4 at 10:15











  • /u01/Release/redis-3.2.11 this is older directory. it is deleting that directory with that message
    – RAJ METRE
    Oct 4 at 10:20










  • share the ls -d /u01/Release/redis-3.2.11 output here
    – EBIN GLADSON
    Oct 4 at 10:21















up vote
0
down vote













Try the below, Better to use --force which will delete files and directories.



find /u01/Release/* -mtime +1 -exec rm -rf ;


-r, -R, --recursive
 remove directories and their contents recursively
-f, --force
 ignore nonexistent files, never prompt





share|improve this answer






















  • i tried that but still get this message find: ‘/u01/Release/redis-3.2.11’: No such file or directory
    – RAJ METRE
    Oct 4 at 10:13











  • ok, that means no older files are available under the directory /u01/Release/redis-3.2.11
    – EBIN GLADSON
    Oct 4 at 10:15











  • /u01/Release/redis-3.2.11 this is older directory. it is deleting that directory with that message
    – RAJ METRE
    Oct 4 at 10:20










  • share the ls -d /u01/Release/redis-3.2.11 output here
    – EBIN GLADSON
    Oct 4 at 10:21













up vote
0
down vote










up vote
0
down vote









Try the below, Better to use --force which will delete files and directories.



find /u01/Release/* -mtime +1 -exec rm -rf ;


-r, -R, --recursive
 remove directories and their contents recursively
-f, --force
 ignore nonexistent files, never prompt





share|improve this answer














Try the below, Better to use --force which will delete files and directories.



find /u01/Release/* -mtime +1 -exec rm -rf ;


-r, -R, --recursive
 remove directories and their contents recursively
-f, --force
 ignore nonexistent files, never prompt






share|improve this answer














share|improve this answer



share|improve this answer








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answered Oct 4 at 10:11









EBIN GLADSON

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  • i tried that but still get this message find: ‘/u01/Release/redis-3.2.11’: No such file or directory
    – RAJ METRE
    Oct 4 at 10:13











  • ok, that means no older files are available under the directory /u01/Release/redis-3.2.11
    – EBIN GLADSON
    Oct 4 at 10:15











  • /u01/Release/redis-3.2.11 this is older directory. it is deleting that directory with that message
    – RAJ METRE
    Oct 4 at 10:20










  • share the ls -d /u01/Release/redis-3.2.11 output here
    – EBIN GLADSON
    Oct 4 at 10:21

















  • i tried that but still get this message find: ‘/u01/Release/redis-3.2.11’: No such file or directory
    – RAJ METRE
    Oct 4 at 10:13











  • ok, that means no older files are available under the directory /u01/Release/redis-3.2.11
    – EBIN GLADSON
    Oct 4 at 10:15











  • /u01/Release/redis-3.2.11 this is older directory. it is deleting that directory with that message
    – RAJ METRE
    Oct 4 at 10:20










  • share the ls -d /u01/Release/redis-3.2.11 output here
    – EBIN GLADSON
    Oct 4 at 10:21
















i tried that but still get this message find: ‘/u01/Release/redis-3.2.11’: No such file or directory
– RAJ METRE
Oct 4 at 10:13





i tried that but still get this message find: ‘/u01/Release/redis-3.2.11’: No such file or directory
– RAJ METRE
Oct 4 at 10:13













ok, that means no older files are available under the directory /u01/Release/redis-3.2.11
– EBIN GLADSON
Oct 4 at 10:15





ok, that means no older files are available under the directory /u01/Release/redis-3.2.11
– EBIN GLADSON
Oct 4 at 10:15













/u01/Release/redis-3.2.11 this is older directory. it is deleting that directory with that message
– RAJ METRE
Oct 4 at 10:20




/u01/Release/redis-3.2.11 this is older directory. it is deleting that directory with that message
– RAJ METRE
Oct 4 at 10:20












share the ls -d /u01/Release/redis-3.2.11 output here
– EBIN GLADSON
Oct 4 at 10:21





share the ls -d /u01/Release/redis-3.2.11 output here
– EBIN GLADSON
Oct 4 at 10:21


















 

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