Remove old Reports and Data

Download the script
Download the script if it is not in /home/lanforge/scripts already. If you need to download the script, use the following commands:
1. cd /home/lanforge/scripts
2. wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/greearb/lanforge-scripts/master/check_expired_data.bash
3. chmod +x check_expired_data.bash

Find the script help

./check_expired_data.bash -h

-d  Find data within this directory (required)
-t    Find data this many days old or older (required)
-f          Delete files (not a default option)
-v          Print files

See the files you would delete:
./check_expired_data.bash -d /home/lanforge/report-data -t 11 -v

Actually delete the files:
./check_expired_data.bash -d /home/lanforge/report-data -t 11 -f

You may create a script in /etc/cron.daily like this:
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#!/bin/bash
LF='/home/lanforge'
E='/home/lanforge/scripts/check_expired_data.bash'
$E -d $LF/report-data -t 11 -f
$E -d $LF/html-reports -t 11 -f
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Running the script is likely places
Places we would expect large amounts of files to be saved include:
1. /home/lanforge/Documents
2. /home/lanforge/lf_data
3. /home/lanforge/report-data
4. /home/lanforge/html-reports
5. /home/lanforge/Downloads

Survey where your data

You can use the df command to get an idea where data is accumulating. Example:df -s * | sort -n | tail

 12736    interop-5.4.5.apk 
 22164    btserver 
 23500    MonkeyRemote-0.4-shaded.jar 
 39500    gua.64 
116536    local 
190444    LANforgeServer-5.4.4 
210004    LANforgeServer-5.4.5 
262628    LANforgeGUI_5.4.4 
267344    backup-lanforge-gui.tar 
269196    LANforgeGUI_5.4.5

Please Avoid...
Please avoid running the script in the /home/lanforge directory itself. A command like ./check_expired_data.bash -d /home/lanforge -t 10 -f would delete your LANforge Server, LANforge GUI and your saved scenarios.
Packet Capture Files
If you are saving PCAP files, please save them in /home/lanforge/Documents or/home/lanforge/report-data. Please do not save them in /home/lanforge. The check_expired_data.bash script should not be run with -d /home/lanforge it is too destructive.
Also avoid:
1. /
2. /boot
3. /etc
4. /home
5. /lib
6. /opt
7. /run
8. /usr
9. /root
10. /var/log
11. /var/cache
12. /var/spool
13. /var/www
14. /var/run
Creating a cronjob
As the help text indicates, you can copy those lines into a cron job task that can run daily.
1. sudo -s
2. cd /etc/cron.daily
3. nano expired_data.bash
4. Copy in your script data and adjust:
```
#!/bin/bash 
LF='/home/lanforge' 
E='/home/lanforge/scripts/check_expired_data.bash' 
$E -d $LF/report-data -t 11 -f 
$E -d $LF/html-reports -t 11 -f 
```
5. chmod +x expired_data.bash
6. Check for errors by running it by hand:
7. ./expired_data.bash

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	Network Testing and Emulation Solutions

Running tests on LANforge for long periods of time can leave a lot of data behind. The `check_expired_data.bash` script can find old files to delete.This file is similar to `check_large_files.bash` but looks at the age of files.Introduced in LANforge 5.4.5.

Remove old Reports and Data

Goal: Find and remove old reports and test data.

Download the script

Find the script help

Running the script is likely places

Survey where your data

Please Avoid...

Packet Capture Files

Also avoid:

Creating a cronjob