UNIX and Linux Applications

Hi groupies.

Is there any way to find any changes made to a directory?



Changes are adding a file to the directory or removing a file.



That is, I need to get the name of the file which is added or removed.





For adding,

I think one way of doing it, is by creating a script to access creation time or modification time frequently. If there are any files with timestamp grater than the �time�� previously saved get the file name of it.

Will this works....?? or is there any function to trigger...??

One possible solution is find(1)'s -(a|c)newer flags. For that you need to know the last file created/accessed. Then use that file to find the latest ones. You could also use a default file, perhaps a hidden file, and use touch(1) to update the access time of this file everytime there's a new file.

Inorder to get the name of a deleted file, you'll prolly have to save the filenames somewhere. And then compare this list with the current filenames in the directory.

touch -t 0802130800 /tmp/date
find . -newer /tmp/date -mtime 0