From: Jerry Geis [mailto:geisj at pagestation.com] > > I am trying to find out how to tell if a given file is 30 days or older. > How is that type of thing done in shell scripts. find directoryname -mtime +30 -print Will list all files in a directory that have not been modified in the last 30 days. Read the man page for 'find'. It can find files based on almost anything. Bowie