Help with gtar

[hogsac]

I would like to tar up files in a certain directory. However, I would only like to tar up files with modification dates BEFORE 12/31/2002. I am aware of how to do this to only tar up files with modification times AFTER 12/31/2002, but I am not sure how to get everything before that particular date...
Any ideas??

 

[daFranze]

man find says:
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Example 2: Removing files

Remove all files in your home directory named a.out or *.o
that have not been accessed for a week:

example% find $HOME \( -name a.out -o -name '*. \) -atime +7 -exec rm {} \;
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-> today is Jan 8 -> Dec 31 is 8 days ago
--> tar cf oldfiles.tar `find /somewhere -atime +8`

Regards
-- Franz
Sorry I'm not a native spaeker, I'm from Munich, Germany - "Home of the Whopper", oh no, "Home of the Oktoberfest" ;-)

 

[hogsac]

Thanks...actually, I want files before 12/31/2002, so I will add 8 to 365 and use 373 as my number of days.
How does the operating system differentiate between modification time and access time?? I think in my case, I want to use modification time as an option. I interpret that as last time the file was edited or changed whereas I interpret access time as the last time the file was used or vi'd or something like that.

 

[daFranze]

@hogsac

sorry, 2002, 2003, they are just number's... ;-)

Yes, you would want to take -mtime, since you want to archive Files beeing opened and modified not just accessed (cat, more)

Regards
-- Franz
Sorry I'm not a native spaeker, I'm from Munich, Germany - "Home of the Whopper", oh no, "Home of the Oktoberfest" ;-)