Shell Programming and Scripting

#!/bin/ksh

typeset -i iTime=$(date +'%H%M)             # current time
typeset    fFile="/some/file/to/watch"      # file to observe
typeset    fTgt="/some/other/directory"     # target location to put it
typeset -i iInterval=60                     # interval in seconds

while [ $iTime -lt 900 ] ; do               # loop until it is 9:00 am
     if [ -e "$fFile" ] ; then              # if file is found, move it, then exit
          mv "$fFile" "$Tgt"
          print - "File $fFile moved, exiting"
          exit 1
     fi

     sleep $iInterval                       # if file is not found, sleep
     iTime=$(date +'%H%M')                  # update current time
done
                                            # to get here means we never
                                            # encountered the file (otherwise we
                                            # would have left via the "exit 1" above)
                                            # therefore the time must have been up
print - "File $fFile not found but time is up, exiting"
exit 0