Linux

yes its avialbel but dont know when i am trying to run the same command its showing as stat not found , and we are using red hat linux .........(as a general info)

so can u suggest me any other way to solve this ? probelm

You can solve this problem without intermediate files and without using the stat utility by simple calculation. I will sketch out a solution which will not cover for situations where the intervall is going over midnight, but even this could easily built in:

1. Find out the number of seconds passed since midnight. This is easily done using the "date" command and applying the appropriate format. I have no Linux system available, so you will have to look up the man page yourself, but the following details can surely be specified: Number of hours since midnight, number of minutes in the current hour, number of seconds in the current minute. Add that all: hours * 3600 + minutes * 60 + seconds.

Example: 10:15:03 10*3600 + 15*60 + 3 = 36000 + 900 + 3 = 36903

2. Add to that 3600 (1 hour in seconds) to get the time of termination.

3. Get the number of passed seconds since midnight the same way as in 1. Compare this to your termination number and if its greater than that the hour has passed.

I hope this helps.

bakunin