date_accessed

Matches files by their last access time.

Syntax

# Files not accessed in 30 days
- date_accessed:
    before:
      days_ago: 30

# Files accessed recently
- date_accessed:
    after:
      hours_ago: 24

Operators

Time specifications

See date_modified for all available time specification options:

• Relative: seconds_ago, minutes_ago, hours_ago, days_ago, weeks_ago, months_ago, years_ago
• Absolute: date (YYYY-MM-DD), unix (timestamp)

Examples

Files not accessed in 90 days

- date_accessed:
    before:
      days_ago: 90

Files accessed today

- date_accessed:
    after:
      hours_ago: 24

Notes

• Access time tracking may be disabled on some filesystems for performance
• On Linux, the noatime mount option disables access time updates
• macOS may not update access times in all cases