Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi ,
I am new to shell scripting. i have a requirement say i will receive a file in a directory say /xyz.if that file stays in that directory more than 30 min i need to get a mail to my outlook.this should run for every 20 min in crontab.
can anyone help me?

What OS?

Hi ,
Thanks for the reply.it's solaris 5.8

try this...

Code:

find ./ -name <your_file_name> -cmin +30 -maxdepth 1 -exec mailx -s "file 30 minutes old" you@mail.com {} \;

This is i am using in file2.unx
find /home/dbaprod/test -name file1.unx -cmin +5 -maxdepth 1 -exec mailx -s "file 5 minutes old" muraliinfy04@gmail.com {} \;

this is crontab entry
02 * * * * /home/dbaprod/test/file2.unx >>/tmp/exception 2>&1

but i am not getting output.mailx is working...actually i need to check the file time when it received in the folder.if it is stays more than 30 min in that folder i need to receive a mail..can any one help me in this...it's urgent...

you can try this

Code:

 
find /home/dbaprod/test -name file1.unx -cmin +5 -maxdepth 1 -exec ls -lh {} \; > listfile ; mailx -s "file 5 minutes old" muraliinfy04@gmail.com < listfile

-rw-r--r-- 1 dbaprod other 0 Mar 29 04:05 listfile

with that command nothing is recorded in list file..can anyone help me in this