I need to write a directory monitor, i.e. a korn shell script which would Report changes to the directory contents, like: added file1, deleted file2, updated file3 [timestamp change?], created subdir (optional)...
There is no specific file pattern.
So far I have written a little script which monitors how many files are in dir,
reports file count changes and list files ordered by date (see below).
But that is miles away from file monitor.
Could you please help me with that ?
I am completely new to Unix shell scripting.
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
export COUNT=`ls $1 2>/dev/null | wc -l`
print "Number of files in directory '$1': $COUNT"
print "Previous File Count: $FILE_COUNT: "
while [ true ]
do
if [[ $COUNT -ne $FILE_COUNT ]]; then
print "Directory '$1' has changed:"
ls -lrt $1
export FILE_COUNT="$COUNT"
echo "New File Count="$FILE_COUNT
fi
export COUNT=`ls $1 2>/dev/null | wc -l`
done
TIA,
Oleg.
Last edited by pludi; 02-18-2010 at 06:03 PM..
Reason: code tags, please...
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