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# 1  
Old 02-15-2009
Folder Watch
Hi there,

I was wondering if there was a way in UNIX that I could set up a running script that monitors a certain folder (and all the folders and files contained within it) so that if any file changes then it will be the change logged within a log file. I dont know if this is possible in Unix but who knows...

Cheers

Colin
# 2  
Old 02-15-2009
Code:
ls -al foo > contents

then
Code:
#!/bin/sh
DIR=foo
STATIC=contents
ls -al $DIR > contents.tmp

diff -q contents.tmp $STATIC  
if [ ! $? -eq 0 ]
then
	cp contents.tmp $STATIC
	echo "Directory Changed" | mail -s "Directory Changed $DIR" youremail@yourhost.com
fi

exit 0

You could set this up to run in cron.
# 3  
Old 02-15-2009
It's cool. Smilie
# 4  
Old 02-15-2009
Thanks for the reply. That looks exactly what I needed.

Rgds

colin
# 5  
Old 02-15-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by glen.barber
Code:
diff -q contents.tmp $STATIC  
if [ ! $? -eq 0 ]

Should be:
Code:
diff -q contents.tmp $STATIC  
if [ $? -ne 0 ]

# 6  
Old 02-15-2009
Well, as far as I am concerned, "not equal to" means "not equal to" no matter how you word it.
# 7  
Old 02-15-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by glen.barber
Well, as far as I am concerned,
I see Smilie
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