topic Re: mtime in Operating System - HP-UX

mtime

himacs — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:48:25 GMT

Hi Admns,

I want to delete files 1 day old.Can i use mtime +1 along with find command for the same?

regards
himacs

Re: mtime

Dennis Handly — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:32:07 GMT

-mtime +1 will delete files two or more days old:
find path -mtime +1 -exec rm -rf +

Re: mtime

Johnson Punniyalingam — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:54:25 GMT

cd /folder_name

find . -mtime +1 -exec ll {} \; -> list file older than 1 day

find . -mtime +1 -exec rm -rf {} \; -> delete /remove files older than 1 day

Re: mtime

Bill Hassell — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:37:21 GMT

Just in case there are old directories, I would use rm -f rather than rm -rf. And if you really want to remove files only then add -type f to the find command:

(always look at the selection first)
find . -type f -mtime +1 -exec ll {} +

find . -type f -mtime +1 -exec rm -f {} +

Re: mtime

himacs — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:20:50 GMT

Admins,

Actually i set -mtime +1 to delete the 1 day old files..but its deleteing 2 days old files..

regards
himacs

Re: mtime

Johnson Punniyalingam — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:28:06 GMT

Actually i set -mtime +1 to delete the 1 day old files..but its deleteing 2 days old files..

can you post the "command" ?

its better to ll -list file before you delete them so that you can double check your excution

Re: mtime

R.K. # — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:44:51 GMT

Hi Himacs,

-mtime +5 more than 5 days
-mtime -5 for less than 5 days
-mtime 5 for exactly 5 days

Regds..

Re: mtime

Dennis Handly — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:49:37 GMT

>I set -mtime +1 to delete the 1 day old files but it's deleting 2 days old files.

That's what I said, +1 means two or more. Unless you use:
UNIX95=FIDDLE_WITH_FIND_TIMES find ... -mtime +1 ...
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Re: mtime

Steven Schweda — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:40:42 GMT

> [...] Can i use mtime +1 along with find
> command [...]

Why not try a Forum search for keywords like,
say,
find mtime
and learn all this for yourself?

Look first, ask later? Only a thought.