Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi,

We have a box where we get file every month on a particular folder. The files cud come any time and any day to the folder and the number of files is also not constant.

I have to write a script whjic will send mail to us on receving the files.
it mean any time one file comes, it will send an alert instantly with the name fo the file.

I belive i am explanation is understandable.

Expecting Help.

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What OS is on the box getting the new files?

It is a Unix Solaris Box

When you say instantly, what delay is acceptable?

Code:

while :
do
    # choose on of both below
    LS1="$(ls -l | head -1 | cut -d' ' -f2)" # Total files
    # LS1=$(stat $PWD -c %Y) # last modified
    if [ $LS1 -gt $LS2 ]
    then
    # Put here the Mail procedure
    fi
    LS2=$LS1
    sleep 5 # To check every 5 seconds (could be sleep 1m for 1 minute...)
done

instantly mean, lets say within 5min it sud alert by sending the mail...........

So you can use the script above and