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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users HPUX move files older than 30 days Post 302721305 by bakunin on Thursday 25th of October 2012 09:59:10 AM
Old 10-25-2012
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Originally Posted by pure_jax
I was under the impression that +30 should be used to find files over 30 days old however in this case it is the opposite.
Yes and no. Yes, "+30" would have done what you expected it to do, but no, it is not the opposite way: notice the "!", which is a logical "NOT".

I hope this helps.

bakunin
 

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strclean(1M)															      strclean(1M)

NAME
strclean - remove outdated STREAMS error log files SYNOPSIS
logdir] age] DESCRIPTION
cleans the STREAMS error logger directory of log files mm-dd) that contain error messages sent by the STREAMS log driver, strlog(7). If the option is not used to specify another directory, removes error log files in the directory. If the option is not used to specify another age, removes error log files that have not been modified in three days. Options recognizes the following options and command-line arguments: Specifies a directory for the location of the STREAMS error log files to be removed if this is not the default directory Specifies a maximum age in days for the STREAMS error log files if this not the default age of 3. The value of age must be an integer greater than or less than 3. EXAMPLES
Remove day-old error log files from a directory called FILES
One or more error log file or files on which operates. The mm-dd in the filename indicates the month and day of the messages con- tained in the file. NLS catalog for SEE ALSO
strerr(1M), strlog(7). strclean(1M)
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