-atime any pitfalls to using it to find out last time file accessed?

Hi 894359,

Command looks good .. why do you think this is not right? What are the inconsistencies in the result?

Cheers!
sunnycoder

> -name "*.BMP" -atime +90
are connected with -and by default. And 'and' operator is stroneger than 'or'. Therefore the '-atime +90' applies to *.BMP files only. Also I suggest You to use single quotes instead doubles.
find / -type f -a \( -name '*.jpg' -o ...... \) -a -atime +90 # is it better?

Hi ravenpl.. are you saying that my find only applies  the -aname  +90 to bmps andwill list all other file extentions listed?

So it should look somewhat like this? Confused by the two additional  "-a" added also????

find / -type f -a \(-name '*.jpg' -o -name '*.jpe' -o -name '*.JPE' -o -name '*.JPG' -o -name '*.MOV' -o -name '*.mov' -o -name '*.mpg' -o -name '*.MPG' -o -name '*.mpeg' -o -name '*.mp3' -o -name '*.MP3' -o -name '*.mp4' -o -name '*.MP4' -o -name '*.gif' -o -name '*.GIF' -o -name '*.zip' -o -name '*.flv' -o -name '*.fla' -o -name '*.png' -o -name '*.PNG' -o -name '*.pdf' -o -name '*.PDF' -o -name '*.swf' -o -name '*.SWF' -o -name '*.wma' -o -name '*.WMA' -o -name '*.wmv' -o -name '*.WMV' -o -name '*.wav' -o -name '*.WAV' -o -name '*.avi' -o -name '*.AVI' -o -name '*.bmp' -o -name '*.BMP'\) -a  -atime +90 > oldfiles.txt

That's what I'm suggesting. Also '-type f' applied to '*.jpg' only ;)
-o == OR, -a == AND # it just reads better

I suggest you to use "-mtime" or "-ctime" instead of "-atime".  The  access  time  of directories in path is changed by the  find command itself.


man find
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> I suggest you to use "-mtime" or "-ctime" instead of "-atime".  The  access  time  of directories in path is changed by the  find command itself.
Only for directories. For files it stays untouched. stat(filename) does not update atime.

Not following what you mean here/

Also '-type f' applied to '*.jpg' only ;)
-o == OR, -a == AND # it just reads better