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How many days since a file was modified?

I am trying to write a script to backup my laptop to a NAS drive using rsync. I want the backup to be done, only if it has been more than a week since my last backup.

Each time the rsync command executes, I also create a file backuptime.txt file, with the time at which the script completed the job.
date > backuptime.txt

Now, I want to be able to read the backuptime.txt file (or get the modification time of the file), and compare it with the current time/date and see if its greater than 7 days. How do I acomplish this? The only reason why I am creating the file backuptime.txt is to compute elapsed time. If there is a particular format of the date command which would make this task easier, I would gladly use that.

Thanks in advance for your help.

-AJ

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BACKUP_QUIT(8)						       AFS Command Reference						    BACKUP_QUIT(8)

NAME
       backup_quit - Leaves interactive mode

SYNOPSIS
       quit [-help]

       q [-h]

DESCRIPTION
       The backup quit command exits interactive mode, returning the issuer to the regular shell prompt at which the backup or backup interactive
       command was issued to enter interactive mode. The command has no effect when issued outside interactive mode. Issuing the Ctrl-D command
       also exits interactive mode.

CAUTIONS
       To exit interactive mode, all jobs must be completed. Use the backup jobs command to list any jobs currently pending or executing, and the
       backup kill command to terminate them as necessary.

OPTIONS
       -help
	   Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

EXAMPLES
       The following command exits interactive mode:

	  backup> quit
	  %

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
       None

SEE ALSO
       backup(8), backup_interactive(8), backup_jobs(8), backup_kill(8)

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