> -----Original Message----- > From: Wagner, David --- Senior Programmer Analyst --- WGO > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 1:05 PM > To: 'John W. Krahn'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: `ls -ltr` > > > If you are starting the script each time, the -M will > work, but if > it is something that is always up and running(maybe not > initially, but if > you are working towards that) then -M will not give you what > you expect. > The -M goes in relation to the startup of the script. > > Just a FYI because it has bitten me from an earlier script. > > Wags ;)
Well, in this case John's script is fine, because he's interested in only the relative values of -M when comparing one file to another. The base value of ^$T is irrelevant to finding the five newest files. -M burns you in a long-running program when you want to find "files older than x days" where "x days from *right now*" is implied. This can be overcome by locally setting ^$T=time() before evaluating -M. :) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
