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From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org>
To: Erick Mechler <emechler@techometer.net>,
	MurrayTaylor <MurrayTaylor@bytecraftsystems.com>
Subject: Re: Checking for files older than a certain time
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 01:07:11 -0400
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On Tuesday 28 August 2001 00:42, Erick Mechler wrote:
> Pretty sure you want to use mtime, not ctime:
>
>      -mtime n
>              True if the difference between the file last modification time
>              and the time find was started, rounded up to the next full
>              24-hour period, is n 24-hour periods.

I'd experiment with atime, ctime, and mtime and see if any of them "look" 
correct to you.  If not, your "diff" approach is reasonable.  Or create a 
file every day and see if the -newer stuff acts any different from any others.

I'd have thought that -ctime would be right, though . . .
 

>
> --Erick
>
> At Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 02:39:57PM +1000, MurrayTaylor said this:
> :: Given that I am running a Samba filesystem and have a
> :: directory visible to the windoze users that is a
> :: 'common' area, what comand could I use to
> :: enforce a 14 day storage period before a mandatory erasure
> :: occurs? The file time stamps sometimes are waaaaay in the past
> :: if someone copies a historic file there so another someone can access
> :: it. Yet this historic file should remain in the 14daytemp directory for
> :: the 14 day grace period
> ::
> :: I would like to run a cron job with something like
> ::
> :: find /tempdir -ctime +14 -delete {}
> ::
> :: but testing this with -print seems to miss some files I reckon
> :: should be clobbered....
> ::
> :: Should I do something like
> :: ll > somefile
> :: ...
> :: (14days later )
> :: diff ll somefile   (syntax ?)
> :: delete anything that pops out from the 14day old ll capture
> ::
> :: cheers
> :: mjt
> ::
> :: CHANGE OF ADDRESS
> :: Please note my new e-mail address
> ::
> :: Murray Taylor
> :: Bytecraft Systems Pty Ltd
> :: murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com
> ::
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