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[LDM #JKP-884859]: Scour delete by hour not day

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  • Subject: [LDM #JKP-884859]: Scour delete by hour not day
  • Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:31:40 -0700
Jeffrey,

> I would like to have scour delete by hours old and not days,
> I realize I would have to specify minutes.
> I did a search in the support archives and came across this
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/archives/ldm-users/2004-May/002106.html
> 
> as Tom noted the change he posted was included,
> so the question is.. Can Scour delete by hours and not days

The "scour" utility is a shell script that uses the "find"
utility to determine what files to delete.  Unfortunately,
there is no standard way to specify a modification time in
minutes: the "-mtime" option uses days and the "-mmin" option
(available on some but not all systems) is non-standard and,
consequently, cannot be used by a portable script.

Sorry.

> Jeff Lake
> MichiganWxSystem

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: JKP-884859
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed