ctime is not modification time, it marks the time when a file was created or had its inode changed -- which includes things like renames, moves, and chmod. mtime is modification time.
Just reverse the logic with ! instead of trying to put negative values of time into find; negative values will either match everything or nothing depending on the exact logic involved...
I am trying to figure out the syntax to use find to remove files older than 30 minutes. I know that this will work for files 1 day old, but cannot seem to trim the time down to 30 minutes.
find /path/to/file -ctime +1 -exec rm -f {} \; (1 Reply)
:D i have a slight problem and would appreciate if someone could clarify the confusion.. i use find alot and so far i have done ok.. but it just struck me a couple of days ago that I am not quite sure what the difference between the modification time and the change time as in ctime and mtime and... (3 Replies)
Unix keeps 3 timestamps for each file: mtime, ctime, and atime. Most people seem to understand atime (access time), it is when the file was last read. There does seem to be some confusion between mtime and ctime though. ctime is the inode change time while mtime is the file modification time. ... (2 Replies)
hi, in trying to maintain your directories, one needs to do some housekeeping like removing old files. the tool "find" comes in handy. but how would you decide which option to use when it comes to, say, deleting files that are older than 5 days?
mtime - last modified
atime - last accessed... (4 Replies)
startdate="2012_07_04-16:14:4"
path1="/home/drdos/sample"
days=0
find $path1 -name "*$startdate*" > teste.txt
while
do
find $path1 -name "*.zip" ctime $days > teste.txt
days=`expr $days + 1`
done
echo " Files that are near the string u search are on teste.txt"Hi to... (2 Replies)
When I use the command find "/abc/xyz" -type f -ctime +30 getting the error as
find:"/abc/xyz /lost+found: Permission Denied"
I tired find "/abc/xyz" -type d \( ! lost+found \) -type f -ctime +30 The error is
find: paths must precede expression Usage: find
Tried find "/abc/xyz"... (1 Reply)
The problem is this one. I tar and gzip files on remote server
Code:
find . -ctime -1 | tar -cvf transfer_dmz_start_daily.tar *${Today}*.*;
Command
Code:
find . -ctime -1
Doesn't find files without extension
Code:
.csv .txt
I have to collect all files for current... (1 Reply)
The problem is this one. I tar and gzip files on remote server
find . -ctime -1 | tar -cvf transfer_dmz_start_daily.tar *${Today}*.*;
Command
find . -ctime -1
Doesn't find files without extension
.csv .txt
I have to collect all files for current day, when the program... (1 Reply)
Have you tried running the command below? On the same RHEl 6.8 or 6.6. It will give you different output.
find . -maxdepth 1 -ctime -7 -type f
rpm -qa|grep find
findutils-4.4.2-9.el6.x86_64
# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.8 (Santiago)
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