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Old 04-22-2008
create a archive of old file

i need a script which will create a archive of the files older than 10 days........
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Old 04-22-2008
Code:
find . -type f -mtime +10 -exec mv {} $ARCHIVE_DIR \;

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Old 04-22-2008
how to implement the same script using find and tar command.
 
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