make script deleting mp3 with warnig to users

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

hi i need to make a script that will check the directories of the users on mp3 or mp4 files. if so they must be automaticly deleted and they have to get a warning message instead.

this should be running every day at 1 pm and should be done within the cron file.

could someone help me with this question?

if so your blessed.

yhnx in advance :stuck_out_tongue:

2

you can start using the "find" command. something like this:

find /home -name "*.mp[3-4]" -type f | xargs ls -l | awk '{ print $3 "," $9 }' > mpfiles.txt

for x in `cat mpfiles.txt`
do
	user=`echo ${x} | cut -f1 -d","`
	file=`echo ${x} | cut -f2 -d","`
	recipient=${user}@<domain>

	rm ${file}

	mail -s "File ${file} was deleted on your directory." ${recipient}
done

but if you want to delete without email this is much simplier:

find /home -name "*.mp[3-4]" -type f -exec rm{}\;

where /home is the starting directory of your users.

3

thnx,

i already found out that i need to run the script within the cron file to let it happen every day at 13.00 o clock.

but i cant say enough to thank you