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# 1  
Old 06-22-2010
tar files by date
Hi,

I have a solaris 10, I would like to tar log files by date, or by range of hours into one tar file.
All I coud do is by name (very simple...Smilie).
# 2  
Old 06-22-2010
lets say you have file names like

syslog.7
syslog.6
syslog.5
syslog.4
syslog.3
syslog.2
syslog.1
syslog.0
syslog

find command may help you here to find all files newer than a point of reference.

Code:
find . -newer syslog.1

will produce

./syslog
./syslog.0

and tar command can be utilized like

Code:
tar cvf archive.tar `find /absolute/path/ -new /absolute/path/file`

# 3  
Old 06-22-2010
Can you limit the search "from date to date"?
Let's say today is June 22nd and I wish to tar only June 21 files not including 20 and 22 Smilie
# 4  
Old 06-22-2010
Code:
find . -mtime 1

should list files only 1 day older.
# 5  
Old 06-22-2010
Code:
find . -mtime +120 -exec ls -l{}\;

all the files generated 120days before. like this u can do easily
and u can put dates also in pladce of 120
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