Re: Find Command Syntax

2004-09-22 Thread Drew Tomlinson
On 9/22/2004 11:23 AM Matthew Seaman wrote: On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 10:47:38AM -0700, Drew Tomlinson wrote: OK, I'm trying to understand the difference. According to the manual -ctime is "change of file status" and -mtime is "last modification time". I think I understand what modification me

Re: Find Command Syntax

2004-09-22 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 10:47:38AM -0700, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > OK, I'm trying to understand the difference. According to the manual > -ctime is "change of file status" and -mtime is "last modification > time". I think I understand what modification means (changing the > contents of the fil

RE: Find Command Syntax

2004-09-22 Thread Ralph Hempel
> OK, I'm trying to understand the difference. According to the manual > -ctime is "change of file status" and -mtime is "last modification > time". I think I understand what modification means (changing the > contents of the file) but what is "change of file status"? In my > particular sit

Re: Find Command Syntax

2004-09-22 Thread Drew Tomlinson
On 9/22/2004 10:34 AM Matthew Seaman wrote: On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 09:04:38AM -0700, Drew Tomlinson wrote: On 9/22/2004 8:39 AM Matthew Seaman wrote: 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 prob

Re: Find Command Syntax

2004-09-22 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 09:04:38AM -0700, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > On 9/22/2004 8:39 AM Matthew Seaman wrote: > >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 t

Re: Find Command Syntax

2004-09-22 Thread Drew Tomlinson
On 9/22/2004 8:39 AM Matthew Seaman wrote: 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 lis

Re: Find Command Syntax

2004-09-22 Thread Matthew Seaman
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 comm

Re: Find Command Syntax

2004-09-22 Thread Kliment Andreev
Drew Tomlinson wrote: I've also tried a combination of adding ()'s around the expression but that hasn't worked either. What am I missing? Is this an appropriate choice for what I want to do? Is there another command better suited for this task? Use quotes "" # find . -name "aaa" -print diff