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Old 08-12-2008
Identifying New and Modified Files/Directories
Hi. Our shop is migrating to a new UNIX server and our hope is to do a full migration of all files to the new server weeks in advance of the final migration. As a result we want to identify files on our SOLARIS 8 UNIX server that have changed or that were created after a specific date & time parameter.

Can anyone point me to an example of such a script that we could modify for use on our system?

Also- Can anyone point me to third-party software that might identify such files on our system?

Thanks in advance for your help.
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Old 08-12-2008
Code:
touch -t 20080805120000 dummy  # aug 5 2008 12:00 NOON
find /path/to/files -newer dummy

change the date to suit your needs.
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Old 08-12-2008
You rock. Thank you.
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