"Alan Connor" <zzzzzz@xxx.yyy> wrote in message news:YPGyd.7696$9j5.6467@new
sread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
: On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:00:19 -0800, sfrady <sfrady@mail.sdsu.edu>
: wrote:
:
: > 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.
: >
: > If anyone knows how to do this, I'd really appreciate some
: > advice!  Thank you, Susan Frady San Diego State University
: >
:
: Your subject and question contain direct quotes from the find
: man page.
:
: Maybe you should read it.
:
: man find
:
: But, of course, you already have, haven't you, Matt?

Hey,  snotty.  Only GNU find has switches for minutes.  If he is using
a SysV find,  it's no help.

I won't do the work for him but:

use date to get current date in MM DD YY hh mm format.
compute 3 minutes ago
use touch to create a file 3 minutes old
then:

for file in *
do
if [[ $file -ot $touchfile ]]
then
..

Or,  if you simply run the file every 3 minutes:

if [[ -f $touchfile ]]
then
for file in *
do
if [[ $file -ot $touchfile ]]
then
..
fi
done
fi

touch $touchfile

Dan Mercer

:
: There's no way that anyone as ignorant as you are pretending to
: be would be allowed anywhere near a "busy unix server", so I
: don't know who you think you are fooling.
:
: This is your third newbie question in the last hour or so, Matt,
: using various aliases, one of them including your real name.
:
: Maybe if you would quit behaving like a retarded juvenile
: delinquent and spend this time studying, you could learn how to
: shell script.
:
: This clown always gives his shell question posts away by the
: fact that he obviously knows the basic concepts and terminology
: very well indeed.
:
: For the present, we'd all be happy if he would just take his
: meds.
:
: Yes, Matt. We know that it is easy to get an account at a
: computer at any university in the country.
:
: It's only an ignorant script-kitty like you that thinks he is
: being clever when he does it.
:
:
: AC
:

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