Delete files every x hours...

[dvondrake]

Hi,
I need a simple snippet that'd point me in the right direction on how to delete all the files inside a folder every __ hours.
Thanks in advance,
Doug

[harmor]

You would use a cron job. I do not know a thing about cron jobs so I can't really help.

[rowman]

It might be easier to have cron delete the folder and recreate it every x hours.

create a folderclear.php file:

<?php
//delete the folder
rmdir(/path/foldername);

//create the folder
mkdir(/path/foldername);
?>

Then have cron run the folder to lynx on your interval:

lynx -dump -auth=username:password http://yourdomain.com/password_protected_folder/folderclear.php

I would keep the php file in a password protected file so only you can delete the folder

[Weedpacket]

Except that [man]rmdir[/man] won't delete directories that aren't empty.

[rowman]

you are correct. Iii'm a dumbass. here's a link to a good solution.

http://aidan.dotgeek.org/repos/?file=function.rmdirr.php