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# 8  
Old 05-04-2010
Your first variable assignment is FILE="$1". This takes the parameter (file name) that you passed in the ./script (file name) command and assigns it to the variable FILE. If you are only concerned about one file, you can simply hard code the name as FILE=(file name) in the script.

The code that I provided earlier:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
fileName=$1   # First parameter of the script call will be the file name.
for f in $(find . -name ${fileName}); do
    someFunction $f
done

Will search the current directory and all sub directories for the file name. For each instance that the find command matches, the for loop will execute the someFunction on the file. You can simply replace someFunction with the actions you want to perform on each file that was found.
# 9  
Old 05-04-2010
Ok if i understood you correctly, i replaced the FILE"$1" to FILE=(somefile.txt).

Now when i run it, it gives me:

Code:
./script.sh file-name

# 10  
Old 05-04-2010
Try this... Update the file name and starting search directory. FYI... you had your date comparison setup as an assignment rather than a comparison.


Code:
#!/bin/bash
NOW=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d")
FILE=(Enter the hard-coded file name here, i.e. fileName.txt)
DIR=(Enter the highest common directory in which you want to search, i.e. /startHere)

#############################
# Define functions
#############################

function checkStat
{
    # make sure stat command is installed
    which stat > /dev/null
    if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
        echo "stat command not found!"
        exit 2
    fi
}

function processFile
{
    VAR="$(stat -c %y ${1})"
    VAR2="${VAR:0:10}"

    if [ $NOW == $VAR2 ]; then
        echo "found file ${1}"
    else
        echo "Not Found........."
    fi
}

#############################
# Main
#############################

checkStat
# Process all files
for f in $(find ${DIR} -name ${FILE}); do
    processFile $f
done

# 11  
Old 05-04-2010
Now when I added more than one dir path, it only looks at the first one.

I added it like this:

Code:
#!/bin/bash
NOW=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d")
FILE=(osmap.txt)
DIR=( "/server_share1/loc/1" "/server_share2/loc/2" )

#############################

# 12  
Old 05-04-2010
Don't put more than one path. Put only the highest common path. Of the two you listed...
/server_share1/loc/1
/server_share2/loc/2
the highest common path is the root directory (i.e. '/'), which is not recommended. If you need to specify only certain folders, then the script needs to change a bit. Before we go down this path, can you create a working folder and create soft links to each the folders you need to search? If so, set up the working folder and add "-L" without the quotes to the find command like find -L ${DIR} -name ${FILE}.
# 13  
Old 05-04-2010
Just created soft links and a working directory. It worked. Thank you.

I just found an issue, i created a soft link that did not point to a real directory. When i ran the script, it did not catch that or throw an error.

Can you guide me how to add that?
# 14  
Old 05-04-2010
what error is the script throwing?
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