evaporate

evaporate

#!/bin/bash

# Remove any files or folders that have a 'transient' tag and haven't been accessed in a while

echo "[`date`] Evaporate task triggered";

for i in `mdfind -onlyin ~ 'tag:transient'`; do
    if test "`find $i -atime +5`"; then
        rm -fR $i;
        echo "[`date`] Removed $i";
    fi
done

localhost.evaporate.plist

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>Label</key>
  <string>localhost.evaporate</string>
  <key>Program</key>
  <string>/Users/hannes/bin/evaporate</string>
  <key>StartInterval</key>
  <integer>20000</integer>
  <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
  <string>/var/log/evaporate.log</string>
  <key>StandardOutPath</key>
  <string>/var/log/evaporate.log</string>
</dict>
</plist>