-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Erik Anderson wrote: > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:16 PM, Mike Miller <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu> wrote: >> Will the time stamp on a directory always be at least as new as the newest >> file in the tree within the directory? > > Excellent point, Mike. > > -Erik > It would be best to split it in to two commands. First purge old files find /var/spool/MailScanner/quarentine -mtime +10 -type f -delete Then purge any empty directories find /var/spool/MailScanner/quarentine -mtime +10 -type d -delete The second find will silently fail to remove any directory that still has files in it which in this case is what you want. - -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel PGP: 8A48 EF36 5E9F 4EDA 5ABC 11B4 26F9 01F1 27AF AECB -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAklmJsoACgkQJvkB8SevrstYJwCgg6iyQ9PxWlFR3erHJWfgaWSf WekAn0BIRMSiv4Y4udpWEj6ryShR5LZ+ =ahwv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----