Bash: Archiving 30 days or older files - bash

Question

I'm having the hardest time finding out how to do a fairly simple task succesfully:
Archive files and folders to a different location (eg cp -rp /source/file /destination/file)
Remove them once coppied (rm -rf /source/file)
But only if they are 30+ days or older, which I know requires find -mtime 30. But I do not know how to make the following code work with find:
#!/bin/bash
#functions
help()
{
echo "archiveer <doelmap>
archiveer /home/goedvoorbeeld/testmap
Dit commando zorgt ervoor dat gebackupte users van meer dan 30 dagen oud worden gearchiveerd. Alleen de meest recente data wordt opgeslagen.
De doelmap parameter is verplicht.";
exit
}
doemaar()
{
echo "Doe maar wordt uitgevoerd"
for f in *; do
if [[ "${f}" -nt "${doelmap}${f}" ]]
then
echo "file $f is nieuwer of niet aanwezig, gebacked up"
cp -rp "$f" "${doelmap}${f}"
rm -rf "$f"
else
echo "file $f is ouder"
fi
done
}
#check for parameters
if [[ $1 = "help" ]]
then
help
elif [[ $1 = "" ]]
then
echo "Missende parameter!"
help
fi
#set variables
doelmap=$1
#script gaat runnen
echo "${doelmap}" && sleep 1
if [ ! -d "${doelmap}" ]
then
mkdir -p "${doelmap}"
echo "${doelmap} is gemaakt"
else
echo "doelmap bestaat al"
fi
doemaar
echo "Script end"

Answer 1

Note that * can sometimes cause problems if filenames have spaces or special characters in them. That is why I always redirect any lists to a file, from which I work from. Also, the results list from * might exceed shell limits, causing different issues.
Also, "-rp" implies recursive, so directory contents. But earlier you stated that you were only looking at files. So the assumption is that there are no sub-directories under the directory where you are trying to find old files.
I would process the file archiving, then I would check the parent directories to purge directories that are left empty after the archiving. This is a safety measure in case of power loss.
You could consider adapting the following into your script:
cd "${LIVE_DIR}"
TOPIC=`basename "${LIVE_DIR}" `
find . -type f -mtime 30+ -print >joblist.files
mkdir "${ARCHIVE_ROOT}/${TOPIC}"
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then echo "unable to create dir" ; exit 1 ; fi
while read file
do
ARC_FILE="${ARCHIVE_ROOT}/${TOPIC}/${file}"
cp -pv "${file}" "${ARC_FILE}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then rm -f "${file}"
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then echo "PURGE|rm -f \"${file}\"" >&2
fi
else rm -fv "${ARC_FILE}"
echo "ARCHIVE|cp -pv \"${file}\" \"${ARC_FILE}\"" >&2
fi
echo "LAST|${file}" >joblist.last
done <joblist.files 2>joblist.failed
joblist.failed contains any cleanup that needs to be performed, commands that need to be repeated to complete the initial job.
joblist.last contains the last file processed if you need to kill the job and keep track of where you left off.