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Finding Files

2.3 Time

Each file has three time stamps, which record the last time that certain operations were performed on the file:

1. access (read the file's contents)
2. change the status (modify the file or its attributes)
3. modify (change the file's contents)

You can search for files whose time stamps are within a certain age range, or compare them to other time stamps.

2.3.1 Age Ranges
2.3.2 Comparing Timestamps