Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 15:01:33 -0800 From: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> To: Oliver Crow <ocrow@skymind.com> Cc: Philip Hallstrom <philip@adhesivemedia.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need a "find / -newer date_string" type of program... Message-ID: <20001117150133.A90703@wopr.caltech.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011171402560.11494-100000@iguana.skymind.com>; from ocrow@skymind.com on Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 02:18:30PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011171358590.1362-100000@oddjob.adhesivemedia.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011171402560.11494-100000@iguana.skymind.com>
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On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 02:18:30PM -0800, Oliver Crow wrote: > You can use 'touch' to turn a date into a file (so to speak). > To find files newer than yesterday, for example: There's also find's "-mtime" and "-mmin" options. Which of these methods is easier will probably depend on your exact situation. -- Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> * Stay close to the Vorlon. http://www.pobox.com/~mph/ * To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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