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Old 01-04-2009
-mtime +30

Hello,

Can someone help me to understand the following:

find /test/rman/ -mtime +30 -exec rm '{}' \;

What does -mtime +30 mean?

Thanks!
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Old 01-05-2009
1) man find
2) find files modified at least 30 days ago and delete them
 
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