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Old 03-21-2012
OK. If you want to audit a pre defined set of files, so there is a way you can do this if your system is a Linux system and it has a kernel with the auditing infrastructure enabled ( a kernel built with CONFIG_AUDIT set to "yes"). You will need to use the auditd daemon. Have a look at this:

Linux audit files to see who made changes to a file
Linux audit files to see who made changes to a file

but this is only for Linux. If you want to do this on a different system, we will need to find another solution.
# 9  
Old 03-21-2012
Thanks for your reply...

Our system is not Linux......

We are using IBM AIX Version 6.1.

Thanks,
# 10  
Old 03-21-2012
Well, I don't know how you can do this on the IBM AIX, but since it's a commercial grade Unix system, I'm almost sure there is way you can do this. Unfortunately the solution to this problem is totally system dependent.

[EDIT] I found something on the IBM website:

Use auditing to track reads and writes in a file
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-audit/

I think it can help you.
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# 11  
Old 03-21-2012
Hmm......I am looking for command of sort of thing as I am preparing a shell script...

anyway thanks for time let me check the url given by you...
# 12  
Old 03-21-2012
I merged all three threads together. Please do not double post.

An NO: there is no one simple command line interface to audit files. You have to start a special process which records audit data. You then report against it, daily or weekly.
So, it will not be one shell script - it will require some system setup changes, and one or more scripts to report and manage auditing and audit files which can become huge. Fast.
# 13  
Old 03-21-2012
Thanks Jim for your reply.....even i have read similar thing in link shared by pflynn.

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here is the link Use auditing to track reads and writes in a file
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