how do i tell it to do the directories recursive.
it seems to leave out the directory and the files
it them.


On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Vidiot wrote:

> >find [directory path] -ctime 15 -print
> >
> >This will get any file changed in the over 15 days ago.  If you want
> >accessed try atime instead.  If you want modified change this to mtime.
> 
> Not only will it find files, it will find directories that are of that
> age.  He only wanted files, so do the following:
> 
>       find <path> -ctime 15 -type f
> 
> The -print is not needed.
> 
> To also delete the files, do this:
> 
>       find <path> -ctime 15 -type f -print -exec rm {} \;
> 
> It will only find files, print the list and remove them.
> 
> Don't do the -exec part until you've run some tests are are satisfied with
> the results.
> 
> MB
> 



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