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Old 12-16-2010
Find files older than X with a weird file format

I have an issue with a korn shell script that I am writing. The script parses through a configuration file which lists a heap of path/directories for some files which need to be FTP'd. Now the script needs to check whether there are any files which have not been processed and are X minutes old.

The problem is the format of the file is written to be passed into java in the configuration script and I cannot change it.

A few examples:
FTP.Thread.1.File.6.FileName=^WMSDATAFILE_[0-9]{4,6}_To_SuppIn_[0-9]{17}\.dat$
FTP.Thread.1.File.6.LocalDirName=data_to/MOVE/SuppIn

FTP.Thread.2.File.3.FileName=^POSDATAFILE_To_PurchOrderIn_[0-9]{17}\.xml$
FTP.Thread.2.File.3.LocalDirName=data_to/PMS/POIn

Now if I have the filename I can touch a file and use the find command to see if its older as below. But find cannot understand the file format. I was thinking about string replacing certain parts of the filename with stars as the timestamp values don't really matter, but it might get hard with the [0-9] values as they are not necessarily 0-9 for example.

touch -t [datetime X mins ago] touchfile
find [filename without the crap inside] ! - newer touchfile

Any ideas?

P.S. My script already gets the filename and path from the config file. So that part is already done.

P.S.S. Unfortunately I cannot use the -regex in my find..... as the below statement would have worked:
find ./ -regextype posix-extended -regex './XXX_[0-9]{4,6}_XXX.dat' -print

Last edited by MickAAA; 12-16-2010 at 08:12 PM..
 

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ftpconfig(1M)						  System Administration Commands					     ftpconfig(1M)

NAME
ftpconfig - set up anonymous FTP SYNOPSIS
ftpconfig [ftpdir] ftpconfig -d ftpdir DESCRIPTION
The ftpconfig script is executed by the super user to set up anonymous FTP. Anonymous FTP allows users to remotely log on to the FTP server by specifying the user name ftp or anonymous and the user's email address as password. The anonymous users are logged on to the FTP Server and given access to a restricted file area with its own file system root. See chroot(2). The FTP area has its own minimal system files. This command will copy and set up all the components needed to operate an anonymous FTP server, including creating the ftp user account, creating device nodes, copying /usr/lib files, and copying timezone data. The passwd and group files set up have been stripped down to prevent malicious users from finding login names on the server. The anonymous file area will be placed under ftpdir. If the ftp user account already exists, then the current FTP area is used, and the system files in it are updated. All other files are left untouched. This command should be run to update the anonymous FTP area's configuration whenever a system patch is installed, or the system is upgraded. OPTIONS
-d Create a new or update an existing ftpdir without creating or updating the ftp user account. Use this option when creating guest FTP user accounts. OPERANDS
The following operands are supported: ftpdir The absolute pathname of the directory under which the anonymous FTP area is set up. EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: 0 Successful completion 1 Improper usage of the command 2 Command failed ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWftpu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
ftpaddhost(1M), in.ftpd(1M), useradd(1M), chroot(2), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 1 May 2003 ftpconfig(1M)
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