Blessings Monks,
Have read archives but failed to make a housekeeping script that culls aged folders and anything they contain.
My current effort leaves the directories behind as they become date modifed when contents are deleted.
May I please ask any kind soul for help with the solution.
yours
Mark



 #!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use File::Find;

my $limit = 180;
find (\&CheckFile, "/my.co.uk/video/testdelete/");

sub CheckFile {
    $File::Find::dir;
        my  $age = -M;

        if (  -f $File::Find::dir
      && $age > $limit
   ) {        system ( 'rmdir','-r', "$File::Find::dir") or die "delet
+e failed: $!";
       } 

else {               print $File::Find::name;
    print  " is ",int($age)," days old\n";
       }}

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In reply to Ahem... the old delete files n' folders again. by blowupp

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