Currently I am trying to find the age of certain files in days. So I am trying to use -M to do that.

The prob is that -M doesnt seem to be working on these files. Is it the filename, or is it a permissions prob?

Here is the code that I am using: 

while ($file = readdir (DIR))
{
    if ($file !~ /^\.+$/)
    {
        # GET THE AGE OF THE FILE IN DAYS
        # -M gives us the age of the file in days when script started.
        # It needs to be rounded!
        
        $age = -M ($file);
        $age = sprintf ("%0.0f", $age);
        
        
        print "FILE: $file:\n\tAGE: $age\n";
        
        if ($age > 2)
        {
            print "DELETE ME!\n";
        }
        else
        {
            print "SAVE ME\n";
        }
    }
}

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Age is blank and after the sprintf statement it is 0, which is NOT correct!

Here is a sample listing of the files that I am trying to determine the age of (in days). 

  7 -rw-rw-r--   1 root         6441 Jun 17 00:00 2001-06-16T194921Z_0
+1_N16487427_RTRIDST_0_HEALTH-DOCTORS-UNION.XML
   6 -rw-rw-r--   1 root         5148 Jun 17 04:55 2001-06-17T082435Z_
+01_L17466768_RTRIDST_0_HEALTH-ISRAEL-TEVA.XML
   9 -rw-rw-r--   1 root         8558 Jun 17 13:05 2001-06-17T163225Z_
+01_N17218051_RTRIDST_0_-FINANCE-IPO-OUTLOOK.XML
  10 -rw-rw-r--   1 root         9490 Jun 17 13:50 2001-06-17T171804Z_
+01_N17360454_RTRIDST_0_CONGRESS-HEALTH.XML
   7 -rw-rw-r--   1 root         6176 Jun 18 03:05 2001-06-18T063312Z_
+01_ZUR821703_RTRIDST_0_HEALTH-MEDICA-IMPLANTS-U
RGENT.XML

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Thanks Robert

Edit: chipmunk 2001-06-20

In reply to How can I get -M to work properly? by kleinbiker7

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