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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?










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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?










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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?










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      How does the ctime and mtime differ for a file in find command?
      For example, will



      find . -ctime +1


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      find . -mtime +1


      give the same result or not?







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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






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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
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          • 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

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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






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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






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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






          share|improve this answer













          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







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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



















          • 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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