I'm trying to delete the files that are 5 days old..
Clearly the modified date is April 15 for workorders.sql
My code won't delete it. However if I use +4 then it will delete it. Am I missing something?
I also tried with but it still doesn't delete the file.
Please specify your operating system details along with your shell.
mtime - modified time- time the file has been written / deleted from, displayed as Modify: ... using stat command against file.
ctime - creation time - time the file was created, displayed as Birth: .. using stat command against file (if maintained)
atime - access time - time the file was accessed, displayed as Access: .. using stat command against file (if maintained)
So trying those switches without understanding them, can delete a lot of stuff you probably do not want.
+4 is correct format, since +0 is 24 hours from the time find was executed.
Lets look at the manual for -atime as it explains the rounding which happens on all time options :
Quote:
-atime n
File was last accessed n*24 hours ago. When find figures out how many 24-hour periods ago the file was last accessed, any fractional part is ignored, so to match -atime +1, a file has to have been accessed at least two days ago.
Ok this makes is more clear, but how can i find what i want using GNU find ?
Quote:
-daystart
Measure times (for -amin, -atime, -cmin, -ctime, -mmin, and -mtime) from the beginning of today rather than from 24 hours ago. This option only affects tests which appear later on the command line.
If you are not using GNU find or need greater resolution from / to, that can be achived using touch with temporary files, and using -newer and ! -newer with find.
Forum is full of those examples, so use a search option please.
Those results may depend on the time that you issue the find command. man find:
Quote:
-atime n
File was last accessed n*24 hours ago. When find figures out how many 24-hour periods ago the file was last accessed, any fractional part
is ignored, so to match -atime +1, a file has to have been accessed at least two days ago.
-ctime n
File's status was last changed n*24 hours ago. See the comments for -atime to understand how rounding affects the interpretation of file
status change times.
-mtime n
File's data was last modified n*24 hours ago. See the comments for -atime to understand how rounding affects the interpretation of file
modification times.
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