Find doesn't seem to change the atime eg [mab@hal9000 temp]$ touch one two three [mab@hal9000 temp]$ ls -l total 0 -rw-rw-r-- 1 mab mab 0 Nov 14 10:49 one -rw-rw-r-- 1 mab mab 0 Nov 14 10:49 three -rw-rw-r-- 1 mab mab 0 Nov 14 10:49 two [mab@hal9000 temp]$ find . -type f -print | xargs ls -l --time=atime -rw-rw-r-- 1 mab mab 0 Nov 14 10:49 ./one -rw-rw-r-- 1 mab mab 0 Nov 14 10:49 ./three -rw-rw-r-- 1 mab mab 0 Nov 14 10:49 ./two [mab@hal9000 temp]$ cat two [mab@hal9000 temp]$ find . -type f -print | xargs ls -l --time=atime -rw-rw-r-- 1 mab mab 0 Nov 14 10:49 ./one -rw-rw-r-- 1 mab mab 0 Nov 14 10:49 ./three -rw-rw-r-- 1 mab mab 0 Nov 14 10:50 ./two [mab@hal9000 temp]$ find . -type f -print | xargs ls -l --time=atime -rw-rw-r-- 1 mab mab 0 Nov 14 10:49 ./one -rw-rw-r-- 1 mab mab 0 Nov 14 10:49 ./three -rw-rw-r-- 1 mab mab 0 Nov 14 10:50 ./two [mab@hal9000 temp]$ On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 10:40, Bret Hughes wrote: > On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 18:02, Cameron Simpson wrote: > > On 22:45 13 Nov 2003, Mark Bradbury <mark.bradbury@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > | What I need is a report of the last access time of all files within a > > | directory tree complete with full name and path. (management you > > | know :)) > > > > find dir -type f -print | xargs ls --time=atime > > > > The access time is a pretty useless number for most purposes. > > -- > > > yep and IIRC the find will only work once 'cause find will reset the > atime. > > Bret -- Mark Bradbury (RHCE)- Senior System Support Officer (UNIX) Information Technology & Management Support Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, 0909 Ph 08 8946 6167, Mobile 0417 860 591, Fax 08 8946 6630 CRICOS Provider No: 00300K
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