find -mmin isn't working
Ben Kevan
ben.kevan at gmail.com
Wed Feb 11 23:20:22 UTC 2009
On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:17:53 -0800, Ben Kevan <ben.kevan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is my predicament:
> find file.xml -exec ls -l {} \;
> -rw-r--r-- 1 user group 835201 Feb 11 14:49 file.xml
>
> date -r file.xml
> Wed Feb 11 14:49:21 PST 2009
>
> find file.xml -mmin 40 -exec ls -l {} \;
>
>
> date
> Wed Feb 11 15:06:50 PST 2009
>
> What I am trying to do is have a script kicked off via cron to do a find
> no a certain file, and if it has changed in the last minute to copy it
> elsewhere.
>
>
whooops.. after I pushed send.. it jumped up at me .. I needed -mmin -40 and not 40
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