Linux script for purging old files

[Matti_Kurkela]

The -ctime, -mtime and -atime options of the find command calculate the file's age by 24-hour periods, ignoring any fractional part.

"-mtime 7" finds files which are _exactly_ 7 days old, i.e. files with ages between [exactly 7 days] and [7 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds].

"-mtime +7" finds files which are more than 7 full 24-hour periods old, i.e. 8 days old or older. A file that is 7 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds old is counted as 7 days old, and "more than 7" means 8 days or more.

MK

[Jorge Cocomess]

Much better explainations...Thank you!

[Jorge Cocomess]

Thanks!