bugfindutils - Bugs: bug #20139, -mtime -2 includes -mtime 2

 
 

bug #20139: -mtime -2 includes -mtime 2

Submitter:  Andreas Metzler <ametzler>
Submitted:  Sun 10 Jun 2007 08:30:33 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  find Severity:  4 - Important
Item Group:  Wrong result Status:  Fixed
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  jay
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  Closed
Release:  4.3.3 Fixed Release:  4.3.9
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Thu 14 Jun 2007 09:37:31 AM UTC, comment #1: 

Fixed in CVS.   The relevant patch is attached.

The earliest release affected by this problem is 4.3.3.

(file #13046)

James Youngman <jay>
Group administrator
Sun 10 Jun 2007 08:30:33 AM UTC, original submission:  

-mtime +n behaves different in 4.2.x than in 4.3.7. The older version
interprets -n as lower than, 4.3.7 as lower or equal:


(SID)ametzler@argenau:/tmp/findtest$ ls -l ; date
total 0
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ametzler ametzler 0 Jun  3 22:00 2007-06-04
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ametzler ametzler 0 Jun  4 22:00 2007-06-05
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ametzler ametzler 0 Jun  5 22:00 2007-06-06
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ametzler ametzler 0 Jun  6 22:00 2007-06-07
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ametzler ametzler 0 Jun  7 22:00 2007-06-08
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ametzler ametzler 0 Jun  8 22:00 2007-06-09
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ametzler ametzler 0 Jun  9 22:00 2007-06-10
Sun Jun 10 08:24:32 GMT 2007

Now 4.2.30:
(SID)ametzler@argenau:/tmp/findtest$ find --version
GNU find version 4.2.31
Built using GNU gnulib version 2007-02-24
(SID)ametzler@argenau:/tmp/findtest$ find -mtime +2
./2007-06-07
./2007-06-05
./2007-06-04
./2007-06-06
(SID)ametzler@argenau:/tmp/findtest$ find -mtime -2
.
./2007-06-10
./2007-06-09
(SID)ametzler@argenau:/tmp/findtest$ find -mtime 2
./2007-06-08

OTOH 4.3.7:
(SID)ametzler@argenau:/tmp/findtest$ /tmp/FIND/findutils-4.3.7/find/find --version
GNU find version 4.3.7
Built using GNU gnulib version 2007-05-26
Features enabled: D_TYPE O_NOFOLLOW(enabled) LEAF_OPTIMISATION FTS() CBO(level=0)
(SID)ametzler@argenau:/tmp/findtest$ /tmp/FIND/findutils-4.3.7/find/find -mtime +2
./2007-06-07
./2007-06-05
./2007-06-04
./2007-06-06
(SID)ametzler@argenau:/tmp/findtest$ /tmp/FIND/findutils-4.3.7/find/find -mtime -2
.
./2007-06-10
./2007-06-09
./2007-06-08
(SID)ametzler@argenau:/tmp/findtest$ /tmp/FIND/findutils-4.3.7/find/find -mtime 2
./2007-06-08

Note how ./2007-06-08 is listed in 4.3.7's output.

cu andreas

Andreas Metzler <ametzler>

 

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file #13046:  sv-bug-20139.patch added by jay (2KiB - text/x-patch - Bugfix)

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2007-11-11 jay Open/ClosedOpen Closed
        Fixed ReleaseNone 4.3.9
    2007-06-14 jay Attached File- Added sv-bug-20139.patch, #13046
        Severity3 - Normal 4 - Important
        StatusNone Fixed
        Assigned toNone jay
        Release4.3.7 4.3.3
        Fixed Release4.3.7 None
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