Delete all files in a directory older than x days with the help of a chef

Question

I tried to delete the log files with

log 'remove compressed log files'
::Dir['/var/log/*.gz'].each { |f| ::FileUtils.rm_rf(f) }

My request is to remove them based on mtime.

+3

nithin sunny Dec 15. 14 at 17:11

1 answer

coderanger · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-15T18:26:00+0000

This is just regular Ruby code, not a DSL chef's recipe. The more chef-ish way to do it would be

Dir['/var/log/*.gz'].each do |path|
  file path do
    action :delete
    only_if { ::File.stat(path).ctime < (Time.now - 60*60*24*7) }
  end
end