heh some really smart guy said: "the problem with computers is that they do exactly what you tell them to, not what you want."
find . -mtime -15 was exactly what i needed thanks. _________________________________ daniel a. g. quinn starving programmer fools in a country delay the independence of its people - jomo Kenyatta ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 5:41 PM Subject: Re: having trouble understanding find | On Friday 05 July 2002 05:26, you wrote: | > i still don't get find | > | > "find . -mmin 15" doesn't get me what files that have been modified _since_ | > 15minutes ago... what does it do? and how do i get what i want? | | computers are very literal. this looks for files modified _exaclty_ 15 | minutes ago. Have you tried "find . -mmin -15" or "find . -mmin +15"? | | ~Rob | | -- | Rob Saul.:|:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:|:.de recta non tolerandum sunt | | | | _______________________________________________ | Redhat-list mailing list | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list | _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
