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Old 12-09-2010
find -mtime +7
Dear all,

Code:
find $ADMIN_DIR/$SID/arch/ -name '*.gz' -mtime +7 -exec rm {} \;

is it retaining 7 days OR 8 days .gz files ?

Thanks
Prakash
Last edited by Scott; 12-09-2010 at 03:53 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 2  
Old 12-09-2010
Please read man pages before posting any conceptual related topics.

Your command will remove .gz files which are modified before 7 days.
R0H0N
# 3  
Old 12-09-2010
HI Thanks for the reply.

i have read man page but i could not got the answer
Code:
oracle >find . -mtime +7 -type f -exec ls -1 {} \; | wc -l
0
oracle >date
Thu Dec 9 02:21:11 EST 2010
oracle >ls -ltr | head -3
total 128912952
-rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 7270252 Dec 1 22:31 qlatl_arch_R669400381_T1_S215905.arc.gz
-rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 7339519 Dec 1 22:42 qlatl_arch_R669400381_T1_S215906.arc.gz

i am not able to understand why dec 1 files are not dispalayed in find . -mtime +7 -type f -exec ls -1 {} \; | wc -l

can you help me to understand how find command do is there any calculation is there ?

Thanks in advance.
Prakash
Last edited by Scott; 12-09-2010 at 03:54 AM.. Reason: Code tags
# 4  
Old 12-09-2010
Code:
oracle >find . -mtime +7 -type f -exec ls -1 {} \; | wc -l

is it l(L) or 1(One) in above your code??

try

Code:
oracle >find /path/oracle -mtime +7 -type f -exec ls -l {} \;

R0H0N
# 5  
Old 12-09-2010
Hi,

it is l(L) and not 1(one)
Code:
oracle >find /mounts/qlims_adc_arch/qlatl -mtime +7 -type f -exec ls -l {} \;
oracle >find . -mtime +7 -type f -exec ls -l {} \;
oracle >pwd
/mounts/qlims_adc_arch/qlatl

it is not returing rows


Thanks
Prakash
Last edited by Scott; 12-09-2010 at 03:54 AM.. Reason: Code tags
# 6  
Old 12-09-2010
swap the position of type and mtime. actually I m outside right now and don't have access to any UNIX machine. so I cant test and then tell u, but try this.

Code:
find /mounts/qlims_adc_arch/qlatl -type f -mtime +7 -exec ls -l {} \;

R0H0N
# 7  
Old 12-09-2010
Hi,

no luck for
Code:
oracle >find /mounts/qlims_adc_arch/qlatl -type f -mtime +7 -exec ls -l {} \;

yeah what i think is there should be calculation how find command will do what you say ?

Thanks
Prakash
Last edited by Scott; 12-09-2010 at 07:06 PM.. Reason: Code tags...
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