tempFolderClean

Temp folder cleaner

Script to periodically clean contents temporary folders. Change paths within the scripts to your needs.

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# Temp folder cleaner
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# paths
pathTemp="/path/to/temp/folder"
pathLog="/path/for/log/file"

logfile="${pathLog}/log.txt"

rm "${pathTemp}/This_directory_will_be_emptied_every_sunday"

echo "Writing log of files in temp folder (\`${pathLog}\`)"

# Preparing header to append to logfile
echo "######################################" >>${logfile}
echo "# $(date +%F\ %T)" >>${logfile}
echo "--------------------------------------" >>${logfile}

# Writing contents of `pathTemp` in logfile (local dir @`pathLog`)
echo "File in temp folder before deletion:" >>${logfile}
printf "\n" >>${logfile}

if [[ "$(ls -A ${pathTemp})" ]]		# true if length of string is non-zero
	then
		echo "Path is not empty"
		tree ${pathTemp} >>${logfile}
		#echo "$(find ${pathTemp})" >>${logfile}		# if tree is not available
		echo "Deletion started..."
		find ${pathTemp}/* -delete		# delete all files and dirs
	else
		echo "path is EMPTY"
		echo "<Folder was empty>" >>${logfile}
fi
printf "\n" >>${logfile}

> ${pathTemp}/This_directory_will_be_emptied_every_sunday

echo "Everything clean."