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      1 #!/bin/bash
      2 
      3 # TODO: make sure that $2 is not a relative path / not a subfolder!
      4 set -e
      5 
      6 # https://stackoverflow.com/a/246128
      7 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null && pwd )"
      8 cd "$DIR"
      9 
     10 # move old files from $1 to $2
     11 # expected usage: download/upload folder of a web browser, scratch folder, etc.
     12 
     13 NDAYS="7"
     14 
     15 D=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')
     16 F="$2/$D"
     17 #mkdir "$F"
     18 cd "$1"
     19 # find all old files and move them away
     20 find -type f -mtime +$NDAYS -print0 | xargs -r -0 -n 1 "$DIR/hierarchive_file" "$F"
     21 
     22 # now, recursively remove all empty directories
     23 find . -type d | xargs rmdir -p 2>/dev/null
     24