04-04-2006
Finding the oldest file
Hi:-
I need help with a script I need to modify: - what's the best/easiest way to find out the oldest file in a directory and then move this file to another directory?
Thanks,
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NAME
gitaction - GNU Interactive Tools - per file type action script
SYNTAX
gitaction directory file
.gitaction directory file
DESCRIPTION
gitaction is a script that executes a different action for each file type specified. It is called by the gitfm program when pressing F2 or
^Xa (see the gnuitrc.TERM configuration files in the gnuit manual). The first parameter is the current directory name and the second one is
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SEE ALSO
gitfm(1) gitps(1) gitview(1) gitmount(1) gitkeys(1) gitrgrep(1) gitunpack(1)
AUTHORS
Tudor Hulubei <tudor@cs.unh.edu>
Andrei Pitis <pink@pub.ro>
Ian Beckwith <ianb@erislabs.net> (current maintainer).
gitaction(1)