On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 08:26:07AM -0700, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > I'm trying to write a script to feed the mail in my spam folder to > Spamassassin's sa-learn and then delete the mails older than 1 day in > that spam folder. Here's my current directory listing:
> I'm trying to use the find command to do the deleting but am having > trouble with the syntax. For testing, I'm using this command: > > blacklamb> find /path/to/Maildir/.Spam/cur \! -newerct 1d -print > blacklamb> > > It finds nothing. I read in the manual that time specifications don't > have much meaning without the '-' or '+' operator so I try adding it: Try: find /path/to/Maildir/.Spam/cur -type f -mtime +1 -print Or you might want to use -ctime instead of -mtime -- I think mtime is probably a more reliable measure than ctime. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
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