Cleaning Up Old Files and Directories

#!/bin/bash

# Directory to clean up
TARGET_DIR="/path/to/your/builds_or_cache"

# Number of days old for files/directories to be considered for deletion
DAYS_OLD=7

# Dry run flag: set to 'true' to just list files, 'false' to delete
DRY_RUN=true

# --- Configuration End ---

echo "Starting cleanup script for directory: $TARGET_DIR"
echo "Files/directories older than $DAYS_OLD days will be targeted."

if [ ! -d "$TARGET_DIR" ]; then
  echo "Error: Target directory '$TARGET_DIR' does not exist. Aborting."
  exit 1
fi

if $DRY_RUN; then
  echo "
--- DRY RUN: The following files/directories WOULD BE DELETED ---"
  # Find files older than N days
  find "$TARGET_DIR" -type f -mtime +$DAYS_OLD -print

  # Find empty directories older than N days (to clean up residual empty folders)
  # Note: -mtime only applies to regular files or directories, not contents.
  # To delete empty directories, you usually combine it with -empty or separate find calls.
  # For robustness, we delete files first, then empty directories.
  find "$TARGET_DIR" -type d -empty -mtime +$DAYS_OLD -print
  echo "
--- END DRY RUN ---"
  echo "To perform actual deletion, set DRY_RUN=false in the script."
else
  echo "
--- Performing actual deletion ---"
  echo "Deleting files older than $DAYS_OLD days..."
  find "$TARGET_DIR" -type f -mtime +$DAYS_OLD -print -delete

  echo "Deleting empty directories older than $DAYS_OLD days..."
  # Delete empty directories that were created more than N days ago
  find "$TARGET_DIR" -type d -empty -mtime +$DAYS_OLD -print -delete

  echo "Cleanup complete."
fi

exit 0