Assuming that the flavour of UNIX you are using has a stat command, then something like this could be used to create your filename:
The stat command generates the epoch timestamp for the named file and the awk script is used to format it into something useful. The %y format supported by stat isn't very filename friendly.
If you are using FreeBSD, then the stat command format is a wee bit different. On the 6.2 BSD system I have it's: stat -f %a file-name
There is a caution in the man page for stat on Linux that states that a shell may implement an internal stat command that will override the binary in /bin
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db2 connect to r2pdev user bmwdevup using summer08 >>$monlog
# get the current timestamp from SYSIBM.SYSDUMMY1
currenttimestamp=""
echo "Run SQL select current timestamp from SYSIBM.SYSDUMMY1 with ur" >>$monlog
db2 "select current... (8 Replies)
I want to read a log file from a particular location.In the logfile , lines contains timestamp.I need to compare the timestamp in the logfile with the current date.If the timpestamp in the log file is less than 4 hours then i need to read the file from that location.Below is the file format.Please... (1 Reply)
I want to read a log file from a particular location.In the log file each line starts with timestamp.I need to compare the timestamp in the logfile with the current date.If the timpestamp in the log file is less than 4 hours then i need to read the file from that location.Below is the file... (1 Reply)
Hello,
I've created the script below to compare the content of two files with a delay of an hour. After an hour, the lines that exist in both files, will be printed and executed.
The script now uses a counter to countdown 50 minutes. But what I would prefer is to check the file timestamp of... (3 Replies)
I'm trying to compare 2 dates between current time and the timestamp on a file.
The date format is mmdd
Both return Apr 1 but when using if statement
line 11: Apr 1: command not found error is returned
#!/bin/sh
log="DateLog"
Current_Date=`date +%b%e`
Filepmdate=`ls -l /file.txt |... (1 Reply)
I need to be able to identify files with file timestamps greater than a given timestamp.
I am using the following solution, although it appears to compare files at the "seconds" granularity and I need it at the milliseconds. When I tested my solution, it missed files that had timestamps... (3 Replies)
Hi Friends,
I have the following logfile. Currently time in india is 07/31/2014 12:33:34 and i have the following content in logfile. I want to display only those entries which contain string 'Exception' within last 3 hours. In this case, it would be the last line only
I can get the... (12 Replies)
Hello ,
I am working on AIX. I have to convert Unix timestamp to normal timestamp. Below is the file. The Unix timestamp will always be preceded by
EFFECTIVE_TIME as first field as shown and there could be multiple EFFECTIVE_TIME in the file : 3.txt
Contents of... (6 Replies)
So basically I have a log file and each line in this log file starts with a timestamp:
MON DD HH:MM:SS
SEP 15 07:30:01
I need to grep all the lines between last hour timestamp and current timestamp. Then these lines will be moved to a tmp file from which I will grep for particular strings. ... (1 Reply)
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explain_stat_or_die
explain_stat_or_die(3) Library Functions Manual explain_stat_or_die(3)NAME
explain_stat_or_die - get file status and report errors
SYNOPSIS
#include <libexplain/stat.h>
void explain_stat_or_die(const char *pathname, struct stat *buf);
DESCRIPTION
The explain_stat_or_die function is used to call the stat(2) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained
from explain_stat(3), and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).
This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example:
explain_stat_or_die(pathname, buf);
pathname
The pathname, exactly as to be passed to the stat(2) system call.
buf The buf, exactly as to be passed to the stat(2) system call.
Returns:
This function only returns on success. On failure, prints an explanation and exits.
SEE ALSO stat(2) get file status
explain_stat(3)
explain stat(2) errors
exit(2) terminate the calling process
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libexplain version 0.52
Copyright (C) 2008 Peter Miller
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