Re: find

[The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm>]

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On 09/24/2014 at 10:29 AM, Gokan Atmaca wrote:

> Within a directory backup "tar.gz" files you want to delete older 
> than 1 day.
> 
> I'm doing this as follows. But do not be.
> 
> find /backup/ +1 -delete -mtime
> 
> Can you help?

I'm not terribly familiar with the intricacies of find options, though
I'm decently competent with the basics - but at a glance, I think the +1
is in the wrong place. Positioned before the options like that, I think
it's being treated as another path to search.

Does

find /backup/ -delete -mtime +1

do what you want?

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   The Wanderer

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