'find' command is not returning files older than two days

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Issue

  • We're searching for files older than two days in a mount point, but there is no output.
  • We're trying to delete files older than two days in a NFS mount point, but the following command doesn't return any files:
# find /mount/point/ -type f -atime +2
# find /mount/point/ -type f -ctime +2
# find /mount/point/ -type f -mtime +2

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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