How to trigger a script based on another log file.

nishigupta · #1 (**permalink**) 01-21-2009

I need to execute my script as soon as one log file arrives.
This log file is named as logyymmdd. I need to add trigger to my script based on this logfile.
Please guide.

funksen · #2 (**permalink**) 01-21-2009

you could run a cronjob every minute, which starts with

Code:

if  [ ! -f log$(date +%y%m%d) ] 
then exit 0
#or echo file not found ; exit 1
fi
#enter you script here:

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