How to find the File Age and wait for that...

redlotus72 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-31-2005

Hi,
I want to know my file is 1 hr 30 min old or not,
If 1 hr 30 min old I will do some tasks in that file.. other wise I will wait to 1 hr 30 min and then do the tasks.. how to do it in Unix script? any idea?

Just Ice · #2 (**permalink**) 05-31-2005

... this one uses touch to compare for file modification time ... experiment with it and you'll get the answer to your question ... (see "man touch") ...

vino · #3 (**permalink**) 06-01-2005

You could also check out this posting
Check if file modified

Use it as a starting reference.

Vino

vino · #4 (**permalink**) 06-01-2005

How about this ?

Code:

#! /bin/sh

ToM=`stat -c=%Y webtogo.cpp | awk -F"=" '{ printf $NF }'`
[ $(( `date +%s` - $ToM )) -gt 1800 ] && echo " File is older than 90 min"

ToM is Time of Modification

Vino

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