in reply to Re: Oldest file using -M
in thread Oldest file using -M
If you want to make sure that -M always returns a positive valueNo, that's no guarantee. Using utime, I can set the modtime to any value I want, including far into the future. Or, I might have unpacked a file from a tar-archive from a system with a badly set system clock.
So, you must always be prepared for a negative -M value. Always.
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