A puzzle! Crontab and mkdir and files, oh my!

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi,

On Thu, 24 Apr 2025 at 12:51, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users <
ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> So it should read
>
> 0 1 * * * username find /home/ubuntu/data -type d -name '*_temp*' -exec rm
> -r {} >> /home/ubuntu/data/log/adfd_cleanup.log 2>&1
>

I don't use cron but if I did, I would seriously consider putting the
lengthy find command into a shell script and call the shell script from
cron.

Or am I missing something here?

TIA,


Ian

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