NOTE: filenames must be separated by \r or \n. All other characters are considered part of the filename. The output will have a 7-digit number, a tab, and a filename on each line.

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-d

sets debug level , written to file .

-a

use access time (default).

-c

use status-change time.

-m

use modification time.

-m

don't show files under minimum measure .

+m

don't show files over maximum measure .

B_byteyears

This is the border width around byteyears's widgets. The default is 3 pixels.

D_byteyears<N><file>

This is a debug level (a single digit) plus an optional output file name. The debug level controls how much information byteyears writes to the output file. The default is 1, which produces only fatal error messages. If the file is omitted, stderr is used.

The current time is noted only once when byteyears starts. This makes the numbers comparable, but means that a file that is changing now may come out (slightly) negative. If byteyears is reading from a slow pipe, the results may be look funny.

Backup dumps sometimes read every file, and neglect to restore the access time afterwards. This defeats the main function of byteyears (and all other tools for detecting unused files, by making it appear that every file is "used" when a backup is done.