try something like this:
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
# tdiff.sh
tdiff()
{
perl -e '
($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid,$rdev,$size,
$atime,$mtime,$ctime,$blksize,$blocks) = stat("$ARGV[0]");
$difference = time - $mtime;
print $difference;
' "$1"
}
secs=$(tdiff "$1")
minutes=$secs/60
if [[ $minutes -le 15 ]] ; then
echo "$1 is 15 minutes old or less"
else
echo "$1 is older than 15 minutes"
fi