Some of this syntax is peculiar to the find command. Here is a good intro:
http://www.athabascau.ca/html/depts/compserv/webunit/HOWTO/find.htm As far as how the -mtime option is used, I believe you are correct. Whoever gave you this advice was probably short at least 12 oz. of dark roast coffee. On 3/5/10, t.piwowar <[email protected]> wrote: > The following was suggested to me for a cron job to delete old emails > from a spam folder. I don't completely understand the syntax at the > end of the line. > > find /home/user/mail/domain/email/.spam -type f +mtime 30 -exec rm -f > '{}' \; > > > should not "+mtime 30" be "-mtime +30" > > What does "'{}'" (quote lbrace rbrace quote) mean? > > What does the "\" at the end mean? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
