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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting File alert Post 302278700 by zaxxon on Wednesday 21st of January 2009 02:54:58 AM
Old 01-21-2009
There are different approaches possible for sure. One could be to get a kind of snapshot of the files you want to observe, maybe by the tool cksum and write that snapshot in some tmp file. Then, by cron, trigger that script every 10 minutes or whatever interval you'd like and get a new snap and compare it to the former snap in the temp file. If there is a difference, send a mail.

Code:
man cksum
man mail

For questions regarding cron, look here:
https://www.unix.com/answers-frequent...n-crontab.html

For if/then/fi and tests etc., have a look at this maybe too:
Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide

If you encounter a special problem, feel free to ask.
 

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alert(3alleg4)							  Allegro manual						    alert(3alleg4)

NAME
alert - Displays a popup alert box. Allegro game programming library. SYNOPSIS
#include <allegro.h> int alert(const char *s1, *s2, *s3, const char *b1, *b2, int c1, c2); DESCRIPTION
Displays a popup alert box, containing three lines of text (s1-s3), and with either one or two buttons. The text for these buttons is passed in `b1' and `b2' (`b2' may be NULL), and the keyboard shortcuts in `c1' and `c2' as ASCII value. Example: if (!exists(CONFIG_FILE)) alert(CONFIG_FILE, "not found.", "Using defaults.", "&Continue", NULL, 'c', 0); RETURN VALUE
Returns 1 or 2 depending on which button was clicked. If the alert is dismissed by pressing ESC when ESC is not one of the keyboard short- cuts, it treats it as a click on the second button (this is consistent with the common "Ok", "Cancel" alert). SEE ALSO
alert3(3alleg4), gui_fg_color(3alleg4), exgui(3alleg4), expackf(3alleg4), exspline(3alleg4) Allegro version 4.4.2 alert(3alleg4)
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