Simple archiving script.

<?php
set_time_limit(0);


print "Parsing command line arguments: " . PHP_EOL;
$commando   = getArgument("-exec=");//'echo "' . mt_rand() . '"';
$timestamp  = time();
$path       = getArgument("-outdir=");
$prefix     = getArgument("-prefix=");
$limit      = getArgument("-limit=");
$exec       = $commando . " > " . $path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $prefix . $timestamp;

if($path == NULL || $commando == NULL || $prefix == NULL || $limit == NULL) {
    exit(printUsage());
}

$files = glob($path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $prefix . "*");

print PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL . "Found " . count($files) . " file(s) in " . $path . '. ';

if(count($files) > $limit) {
    print "This is more than " . $limit . ", proceeding to delete files: " . PHP_EOL;

    $i = 0;
    foreach($files as $file) {
        if(count($files) - $i++ > $limit) {
            print "\tDeleted: " . $file . PHP_EOL;

            `rm $file`;
        }
    }

} else {
    print "This is less than the limit. No need to archive old files." . PHP_EOL;
}

print PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL . "Proceeding to execute the following command: " . PHP_EOL. "\t`" . $exec . "`" . PHP_EOL;

system($exec);

print PHP_EOL . "All done, have nice day. " . PHP_EOL;

function getArgument($prefix) {
global $argv;
    foreach($argv as $arg) {
        if(substr($arg, 0, strlen($prefix)) == $prefix) {
            print "\tFound argument: " . $arg . PHP_EOL;
            return substr($arg, strlen($prefix));
        }
    }

    return NULL;
}

function printUsage() {
    print "You missed one or more arguments. Example usage: " . PHP_EOL;
    print "g_archiver.php -exec=echo\ 123 ";
    print "-outdir=/home/user/ ";
    print "-prefix=foobar. ";
    print "-limit=10" . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;

}

// /user/sbin/logwatch --detail High
?>