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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/           *


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