mv: missing file argument

ericczed · 02-01-2010, 09:55 PM

Hi, I`m totally new to Linux and I would really appreciate any help I can get. Here`s my scnenario below:

Objective: To move or backup all the 30 days old files to the other server within LAN.

I have tried testing it first within the server by performing below commands:

find /usr/test1/* -mtime +30 -exec mv {} /usr/test2/ \;

But I`m getting "mv: missing file argument" error when I try this.

Please Help.

Thanks in advance,

ericczed

catkin · 02-01-2010, 10:22 PM

You can see what commands find is generating by inserting an echo after -exec

Code:

find /usr/test1/* -mtime +30 -exec echo mv {} /usr/test2/ \;

Presuming you only want to move ordinary files you need -type f

Code:

find /usr/test1/* -type f -mtime +30 -exec mv {} /usr/test2/ \;