Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!cadre!pitt!amanue!oglvee!jr From: jr@oglvee.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: "find" and {a,c,m}time Message-ID: <285@oglvee.UUCP> Date: 13 Oct 88 19:05:07 GMT References: <170@libove.UUCP> Reply-To: jr@.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg) Organization: Oglevee Computer Systems, Connellsville, Pa Lines: 21 In article <170@libove.UUCP> root@libove.UUCP (Jay M. Libove) writes: >Okay, so "find -?time 3 -print" should find all files ?'d within the >last three days, right? Nope. To wit: Gimme an R, Gimme a T, Gimme an F ... You want e.g. find -mtime -3 -print ^ **/ \** This is pretty clearly documented, even though if you are using SCO no doubt your man page for find(1) has been bowderlized to eliminate the original (more or less): BUGS The syntax is painful. -- Jim Rosenberg pitt Oglevee Computer Systems >--!amanue!oglvee!jr 151 Oglevee Lane cgh Connellsville, PA 15425 #include