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Deleting files older from Dropbox than date with using ./dropbox_uploader.sh
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#!/bin/bash | |
# | |
# Deleting files from dropbox with names like YYYY-MM-DD_blabla | |
# | |
if [ "$*" == "" ]; then | |
echo "No arguments provided. Example usage: ./dropbox_cleanup.sh mydir '2 months' --dry-run" | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
if [ "$1" == "" ]; then | |
echo "No destination dir provided" | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
if [ "$2" == "" ]; then | |
echo "No limit time provided. Examples: '2 months', '1 day'" | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
echo "Destination dir: $1" | |
echo "Limit: $2" | |
DEST_DIR="$1" # Dropbox backups base folder | |
# limit date to erase files | |
LIMIT_DATE=$(date --date="-$2" +%s) # date in seconds | |
# Retrieve the list of files | |
files=$(./dropbox_uploader.sh list $DEST_DIR | awk {' print $3 '} | tail -n +2) | |
#echo $files | |
# Process each file | |
for file in $files; do | |
fileDate=$(echo $file | tr "_" "\t" | tr "." "\t" | awk {' print $1 '}) | |
# Retrieve file date in seconds | |
fileDateInSeconds=$(date -d ${fileDate} +%s) | |
# Erase the file if it exceeds the limit date | |
#echo "[DEBUG] Comparing ${fileDateInSeconds} - ${LIMIT_DATE}" | |
if [ ${fileDateInSeconds} -lt ${LIMIT_DATE} ]; then | |
echo "[INFO] Erasing file $DEST_DIR/$file" | |
if [ "$3" != "--dry-run" ]; then | |
#echo "Deleted" | |
./dropbox_uploader.sh delete ${DEST_DIR}/${file} | |
fi | |
fi | |
done |
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