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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Delete all Files except the Latest Files Post 302303705 by amitranjansahu on Friday 3rd of April 2009 10:09:03 AM
Old 04-03-2009
you can use -amin instead of atime or mtime ( its not supported in some OS).

or find -newer

see the man page of find.
 

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Net::DRI::Logging::Files(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			     Net::DRI::Logging::Files(3pm)

NAME
Net::DRI::Logging::Files - Logging to Files for Net::DRI VERSION
This documentation refers to Net::DRI::Logging::Files version 1.01 SYNOPSIS
See Net::DRI::Logging DESCRIPTION
This class dumps all logging information to various files. EXAMPLES
$dri->new({..., logging => ['files',{output_directory => '/tmp'}] ,...}); If not defined, output_directory defaults to the current working directory. SUBROUTINES
/METHODS All mandated by superclass Net::DRI::Logging. DIAGNOSTICS
None. CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT
None. DEPENDENCIES
This modules has to be used inside the Net::DRI framework and needs the following components: Net::DRI::Logging It also uses IO::Handle, from Perl core. INCOMPATIBILITIES
None BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
No known bugs. Please report problems to author (see below) or use CPAN RT system. Patches are welcome. SUPPORT
For now, support questions should be sent to: <netdri@dotandco.com> Please also see the SUPPORT file in the distribution. SEE ALSO
<http://www.dotandco.com/services/software/Net-DRI/> AUTHOR
Patrick Mevzek, <netdri@dotandco.com> LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2009,2010 Patrick Mevzek <netdri@dotandco.com>. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. See the LICENSE file that comes with this distribution for more details. perl v5.10.1 2010-03-25 Net::DRI::Logging::Files(3pm)
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