01-07-2008
Problem with find command when used with mtime
All,
Please find the below comand . I am trying to list the file that has not been accesed is past 14 days . But when you look at the display the directory "crecv1" which has date as today is displayed .. Why it is happening .
I send this code instead of ls -ltr as rm -f -r in production . I mean it to remove the file that was not accesed in 14 days . Instead it removed all the filed from crecv1 directory .. Please let me know why .. I am wried up ..
find /work/can/transfer/ -name "*" -mtime +14 -exec ls -ltr "{}" ";"
total 144512
drwxr-xr-x 2 crcv1ftp canusr 8192 May 1 2007 crcv1ftp
-rwxrwxrwx 1 scottj canusr 72928579 May 1 2007 spcurruswst.gz
-rwxrwxrwx 1 scottj canusr 1006258 Sep 19 15:33 s7041012_copy
drwxrwxrwx 2 hamelmi1 canusr 8192 Nov 6 09:28 item
drwxrwxrwx 3 crcv1ftp canusr 24576 Jan 7 12:15 crecv1
-rwxrwxrwx 1 scottj canusr 1006258 Sep 19 15:33 /work/can/transfer/s7041012_copy
-rwxrwxrwx 1 scottj canusr 72928579 May 1 2007 /work/can/transfer/spcurruswst.gz
/work/can/transfer/crecv1/.ssh unreadable
total 0
find: cannot open /work/can/transfer/crecv1/.ssh
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 crcv1ftp canusr 0 Sep 4 2003 *
-rw-r--r-- 1 crcv1ftp canusr 0 Sep 4 2003 /work/can/transfer/crcv1ftp/*
-r--r--r-- 1 crcv1ftp canusr 832 Nov 14 2000 /work/can/transfer/crcv1ftp/.cshrc
-r--r--r-- 1 crcv1ftp canusr 347 Nov 14 2000 /work/can/transfer/crcv1ftp/.exrc
-r--r--r-- 1 crcv1ftp canusr 334 Nov 14 2000 /work/can/transfer/crcv1ftp/.login
-r--r--r-- 1 crcv1ftp canusr 439 Nov 14 2000 /work/can/transfer/crcv1ftp/.profile
-rw------- 1 crcv1ftp canusr 2962 May 1 2007 /work/can/transfer/crcv1ftp/.sh_history
total 0
Thanks,
Arun
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crontab
crontab(5) File Formats Manual crontab(5)
Name
crontab - clock daemon table file
Syntax
/usr/lib/crontab
Description
The command executes at specified dates and times according to the instructions in the file. The file consists of lines with six fields
each. The format for a line is as follows:
minute hour day month weekday command
The following list defines each field in the line:
minute (0-59) The exact minute that the command sequence executes.
hour (0-23) The hour of the day that the command sequence executes.
day (1-31) The day of the month that the command sequence executes.
month (1-12) The month of the year that the command sequence executes.
weekday (1-7) The day of the week that the command sequence executes. Monday = 1, Tuesday = 2, and so forth.
command The complete command sequence variable that is to be executed. Note that the command string must conform to Bourne shell
syntax.
The first five integer fields may be specified as follows:
o A single number in the specified range
o Two numbers separated by a minus, meaning a range inclusive
o A list of numbers separated by commas, meaning any of the numbers
o An asterisk meaning all legal values
The sixth field is a string that is executed by the shell at the specified times. A percent sign (%) in this field is translated to a new-
line character. Only the first line of the command field, up to a percent sign (%) or end of line, is executed by the shell. The other
lines are made available to the command as standard input.
Examples
The following example is part of a file:
# periodic things
0,15,30,45 * * * * (echo '^M' `date`; echo '') >/dev/console
0,15,30,45 * * * * /usr/lib/atrun
# daily stuff
5 4 * * * sh /usr/adm/newsyslog
15 4 * * * ( cd /usr/preserve; find . -mtime +7 -a -exec rm -f {} ; )
20 4 * * * find /usr/msgs -mtime +21 -a ! -perm 444 -a ! -name bounds
-a -exec rm -f {} ;
# NOTE: The above line is wrapped.
# local cleanups
30 4 * * * find /usr/spool/mqueue -type f -mtime +5 -name df-exec rm {} ;
35 4 * * * find /usr/spool/mqueue -type f -mtime +5 -name tf-exec rm {} ;
40 4 * * * find /usr/spool/rwho -type f -mtime +21 -exec rm {} ;
#
# redirecting error output
0 17 * * 1,3,5 /bin/tar -cv /usr/sysads/smith > /dev/console 2>&1
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Files
See Also
sh(1), cron(8)
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