scour.conf
A
scour
configuration-file (typically scour.conf) tells the
scour utility that reads it what
directories to recursively check for old files and what the maximum age
of the files should be.
This file normally resides in the etc/ subdirectory of the
LDM
installation.
The syntax of a entry in the configuration-file is
dir maxAge [pattern]
where:
- dir
- is a directory pathname. The tilde character (~) may be used
to represent the user's home-directory. The
scour utility
will recursively
descend the directory hierarchy beginning at the specified
directory. It will follow symbolic links.
- maxAge
- is the maximum age, in days, for the files in the directory.
Files that are not directories and that are older than this
will be deleted. Directories are not deleted.
- [pattern]
- is an optional pattern used for filename expansion. The default is
"*" (which matches all files). Definitive information on
patterns used for filename expansion can be found
here.
and the fields are separated by whitespace.
Comments have a hash character (#) in column one.
