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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Finding oldest files Post 303019673 by MadeInGermany on Tuesday 3rd of July 2018 04:40:15 PM
Old 07-03-2018
Not quite correct (*), but might work in practice
Code:
find /usr/mysrc -name "*.[ch]" -type f -mtime +365 -exec ls -lt {} +

(*) If the argument list (that is collected by the +) becomes too long for the ls, then ls is called another time with the remaining arguments, and the -t sorting becomes wrong.
Therefore the -mtime +365 is an attempt to reduce the argument list.
 

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DOVEADM-LOG(1)							      Dovecot							    DOVEADM-LOG(1)

NAME

       doveadm-log - Locate, test or reopen Dovecot's log files

SYNOPSIS

       doveadm [-Dv] log errors
       doveadm [-Dv] log find [directory]
       doveadm [-Dv] log reopen
       doveadm [-Dv] log test

DESCRIPTION

       The  doveadm  log commands are used to locate and reopen the log files of dovecot(1).  It's also possible to test the configured targets of
       the *log_path settings.

OPTIONS

       Global doveadm(1) options:

       -D     Enables verbosity and debug messages.

       -v     Enables verbosity, including progress counter.

COMMANDS

   log errors
       doveadm log errors

       The log errors command is used to show the last	- up to 1,000 - errors and warnings.  If no output is generated, no errors  have  occurred
       since the last start.

   log find
       doveadm log find [directory]

       The  log  find  command	is used to show the location of the log files, to which dovecot(1) sends its log messages.  If dovecot(1) logs its
       messages through syslogd(8) and doveadm(1) could not find any log files, you can specify the directory where your syslogd  writes  its  log
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       This command causes doveadm to reopen all log files, configured in the log_path, info_log_path and debug_log_path settings.  These settings
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       doveadm log test

       This command causes doveadm to write the message "This is Dovecot's priority log (timestamp)" to the configured log files.  The used prior-
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       doveadm(1)

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