| Alan Connor 2004-12-24, 3:02 am |
| On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 21:48:46 GMT, Dan Mercer <dmercer@mn.rr.com> wrote:
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> "Alan Connor" <zzzzzz@xxx.yyy> wrote in message news:YPGyd.7696$9j5.6467@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>: On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:00:19 -0800, sfrady <sfrady@mail.sdsu.edu>
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>: > I have a requirement to find files in a busy directory on our
>: > Unix server and delete them if +3 minutes old. I currently
>: > have scripts which delete files more than so many days old, but
>: > don't know the ksh syntax for getting the test down to minutes.
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>: > If anyone knows how to do this, I'd really appreciate some
>: > advice! Thank you, Susan Frady San Diego State University
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>: Your subject and question contain direct quotes from the find
>: man page.
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>: Maybe you should read it.
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>: man find
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>: But, of course, you already have, haven't you, Matt?
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> Hey, snotty. Only GNU find has switches for minutes. If he is using
> a SysV find, it's no help.
I beg your pardon! My nose is not running.
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Pretty sure this is Matt again, pretending he's clever.
Could be wrong, though, and you are right to take no chances.
My apologies to the OP if I am.
Can you _really_ imagine someone who can't handle this common
scripting problem having administrative priveleges and responsibilities on a "busy Unix server"?
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AC
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