Note that the ctime field in the inode is inode changed time, which may not be when the file was created. I have always thought that Unix and Linux should keep track of the actual file creation time.
-----Original Message----- From: Giorgio Bellussi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 8:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Deleting files in a directory more than 5 days old find <directory> -ctime +5 -exec rm {} \; (...but I still have some doubt about +5 ...) James Melin wrote: >I am wondering what string of commands are necessary to delete all files in >a directory that were created more than 5 days previously. I know it's >gonna be a compound command and/or script but I'm not sure what exectly to >code. Anyone have anything in their bag of tricks I could adapt? > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit >http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
