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Old 07-21-2008
zipping files

Dear Experts,

I need a script which will zipped the files older than 2 days.
but i dont want to use find . * -mtime 2.
Is there is any other method to achive this task.
i will ececute the script daily.

Regards,
# 2  
Old 07-21-2008
man find
Code:
find . -type f -mtime +2 -exec gzip {} \;

# 3  
Old 07-21-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by shary
Dear Experts,

I need a script which will zipped the files older than 2 days.
but i dont want to use find . * -mtime 2.
Is there is any other method to achive this task.
i will ececute the script daily.

Regards,
Not specifically picking on you - and sorry if this is something offending

Why is that you don't want to use mtime - there should be some reason behind that. I hope so Smilie

If that is something shareable please do let us know about that.

Reason could be anything
1) don't like mtime
2) trying out different options
3) option not supported ( this is not obvious )
4) or any other reason

options are there to help us, ease of usage and quickly achieve what is required.

I don't understand why a specific option should not be used.
# 4  
Old 07-21-2008
Simple option,
1. use `ls -al`
2. look at the 6th field and play with that timestamp.

- nilesh
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