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Old 12-14-2004
Question Finding modified files
Last week I was using the command:
' find /directory -mtime -2 -print' and it showed all the files modified within that period. However, now it only displays the directories and not the files modified. The only thing that changed is that I was granted access to some files.

Thanks
# 2  
Old 12-16-2004
Hi,

You could try the following as a quick fix;

$>cd /directory
$>find ./ -type f -mtime -2 -print

It should also be noted that it is possible to use atime which may give more suitable results depending on the info that you want.

Rgds

Dave
# 3  
Old 12-16-2004
Thanks.

I just need to understand when is a file considered modified.
I'm just looking for files that I changed the name for.
 
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