Current time and modification time of a file
How does the ctime and mtime differ for a file in find command?
For example, will
find . -ctime +1
and
find . -mtime +1
give the same result or not?
command-line files find
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How does the ctime and mtime differ for a file in find command?
For example, will
find . -ctime +1
and
find . -mtime +1
give the same result or not?
command-line files find
edited 6 hours ago
dessert
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How does the ctime and mtime differ for a file in find command?
For example, will
find . -ctime +1
and
find . -mtime +1
give the same result or not?
command-line files find
edited 6 hours ago
dessert
24k670104
asked 9 hours ago
AnonyAnony
3081410
How does the ctime and mtime differ for a file in find command?
For example, will
find . -ctime +1
and
find . -mtime +1
give the same result or not?
command-line files find
command-line files find
edited 6 hours ago
dessert
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asked 9 hours ago
AnonyAnony
3081410
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dessert
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AnonyAnony
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dessert
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ctime
ctime is the inode or file change time. The ctime gets updated when the file attributes are changed, like changing the owner, changing the permission or moving the file to an other filesystem but will also be updated when you modify a file.
mtime
mtime is the file modify time. The mtime gets updated when you modify a file. Whenever you update content of a file or save a file the mtime gets updated.
Most of the times ctime and mtime will be the same, unless only the file attributes are updated. In that case only the ctime gets updated
answered 9 hours ago
j-moneyj-money
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So, If i want to find files older than one day , I can use both -ctime +1 and -mtime +1", provided attributes never change?
– Anony
9 hours ago
If by "older than one day" you mean modified more than a day ago, then yes (with your assumption) however linux doesn't support file creation date (last time I checked) so you'll only be able to find by the modified date
– j-money
9 hours ago
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ctime
ctime is the inode or file change time. The ctime gets updated when the file attributes are changed, like changing the owner, changing the permission or moving the file to an other filesystem but will also be updated when you modify a file.
mtime
mtime is the file modify time. The mtime gets updated when you modify a file. Whenever you update content of a file or save a file the mtime gets updated.
Most of the times ctime and mtime will be the same, unless only the file attributes are updated. In that case only the ctime gets updated
answered 9 hours ago
j-moneyj-money
1,071416
So, If i want to find files older than one day , I can use both -ctime +1 and -mtime +1", provided attributes never change?
– Anony
9 hours ago
If by "older than one day" you mean modified more than a day ago, then yes (with your assumption) however linux doesn't support file creation date (last time I checked) so you'll only be able to find by the modified date
– j-money
9 hours ago
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ctime
ctime is the inode or file change time. The ctime gets updated when the file attributes are changed, like changing the owner, changing the permission or moving the file to an other filesystem but will also be updated when you modify a file.
mtime
mtime is the file modify time. The mtime gets updated when you modify a file. Whenever you update content of a file or save a file the mtime gets updated.
Most of the times ctime and mtime will be the same, unless only the file attributes are updated. In that case only the ctime gets updated
answered 9 hours ago
j-moneyj-money
1,071416
So, If i want to find files older than one day , I can use both -ctime +1 and -mtime +1", provided attributes never change?
– Anony
9 hours ago
If by "older than one day" you mean modified more than a day ago, then yes (with your assumption) however linux doesn't support file creation date (last time I checked) so you'll only be able to find by the modified date
– j-money
9 hours ago
add a comment |
ctime
ctime is the inode or file change time. The ctime gets updated when the file attributes are changed, like changing the owner, changing the permission or moving the file to an other filesystem but will also be updated when you modify a file.
mtime
mtime is the file modify time. The mtime gets updated when you modify a file. Whenever you update content of a file or save a file the mtime gets updated.
Most of the times ctime and mtime will be the same, unless only the file attributes are updated. In that case only the ctime gets updated
answered 9 hours ago
j-moneyj-money
1,071416
ctime
ctime is the inode or file change time. The ctime gets updated when the file attributes are changed, like changing the owner, changing the permission or moving the file to an other filesystem but will also be updated when you modify a file.
mtime
mtime is the file modify time. The mtime gets updated when you modify a file. Whenever you update content of a file or save a file the mtime gets updated.
Most of the times ctime and mtime will be the same, unless only the file attributes are updated. In that case only the ctime gets updated
answered 9 hours ago
j-moneyj-money
1,071416
answered 9 hours ago
j-moneyj-money
1,071416
answered 9 hours ago
j-moneyj-money
1,071416
answered 9 hours ago
j-moneyj-money
1,071416
1,071416
So, If i want to find files older than one day , I can use both -ctime +1 and -mtime +1", provided attributes never change?
– Anony
9 hours ago
If by "older than one day" you mean modified more than a day ago, then yes (with your assumption) however linux doesn't support file creation date (last time I checked) so you'll only be able to find by the modified date
– j-money
9 hours ago
add a comment |
So, If i want to find files older than one day , I can use both -ctime +1 and -mtime +1", provided attributes never change?
– Anony
9 hours ago
If by "older than one day" you mean modified more than a day ago, then yes (with your assumption) however linux doesn't support file creation date (last time I checked) so you'll only be able to find by the modified date
– j-money
9 hours ago
So, If i want to find files older than one day , I can use both -ctime +1 and -mtime +1", provided attributes never change?
– Anony
9 hours ago
So, If i want to find files older than one day , I can use both -ctime +1 and -mtime +1", provided attributes never change?
– Anony
9 hours ago
If by "older than one day" you mean modified more than a day ago, then yes (with your assumption) however linux doesn't support file creation date (last time I checked) so you'll only be able to find by the modified date
– j-money
9 hours ago
If by "older than one day" you mean modified more than a day ago, then yes (with your assumption) however linux doesn't support file creation date (last time I checked) so you'll only be able to find by the modified date
– j-money
9 hours ago
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