New to FreeNAS: Working with commandline

[mgswed]

Hello, I am very new to Linux and FreeNAS, sorry if this has been discussed elsewhere but I haven't found anything yet.

I am trying to work in bash via SSH using the find command. Find works but when I try to add the switch -daystart I get an error. Is there a way to install the GNU findutils so that I can use this feature.

Ultimately I am trying to find all files modified or created from midnight to midnight of one day. I don't want to use the start time from when the command was run. Please let me know if this makes sense or I will elaborate some more.

Thanks.

 

[ProtoSD]

mgswed,

Since you're new to Linux, the first thing you need to understand is that FreeNAS is NOT Linux. It is based on FreeBSD which is UNIX, basically the great-great-great-grandfather of Linux (maybe another great in there). So if you want to learn about UNIX and FreeBSD commands, a good place to look is http://www.freebsd.org/. You can find a documentation link there, then look for commands like "find". You'll figure out that many commands are similar, but not quite exactly the same. So when you're searching google for a FreeBSD command, try something like "freebsd man find" and you'll usually get the correct man page for the FreeBSD version of commands. I gave up years ago trying to remember the differences in commands between different flavors of Unix and Linux, so it's always a good idea to know how to look them up. :)

 

[mgswed]

Thank you ProtoSD. In my ignorance I thought I had read that freenas8 was going to be based on Linux/GNU. Also thank you for the info on the freebsd man pages. They have helped a lot. I think I have my nas to a point where I like it now. My command lines seem to be working correctly. Might have some questions later.