On Nov 8, Sale, Nigel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Sorry if this is off topic, but this is the most relevant list i subscribe > to, > > I have a rather old 486 laptop which had a bit of a funny turn the other day > and advanced the date by 20 years !. It was a couple of days before i > realised and now i have a load of files with are dated 20 years in the > future. > > Does anybody know how i can first find all these files ? I'm sure i should > be able to use the find comand but can't find the right options, > And secondly, any way to subract 20 yeats from a files creation date ?
To find them, you could set your system date to 1 day after that future date and user find / -mtime -1 -print. You can use touch to set the file time to be whatever you want. -- Neil L. Roeth neil-at-occamsrazor.net
