[ale] deleting old files

Irv irvm at ellijay.com
Tue May 22 16:48:35 EDT 2001


On Tuesday 22 May 2001 16:16, you wrote:
> If I have a machine that has been mastered and is "production ready", can I
> issue a command to wipe out all the files that haven't been accessed in a
> while?  Specifically, I want to make an embedded system, so I want my disk
> usage to be as small as possible.  When I have everything I'm going to need
> on the machine, I want to issue a command to "delete all files not
> accessed/modified since: xxxx".  Can I do this?  Can anyone think of
> something I may have overlooked before I do this?
>
> Thanks in advance...

It seems to me that there might be utilities that you haven't used since 
you loaded the system, but which just might be badly needed in case 
of some kind of error or in the event a piece of hardware needs to be 
replaced. 

Regards,
Irv
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