I am new at scripting, (and this fourm- so hi guys!) and I was wondering is there something out there that I can use to do the following:
I receive a file on an FTP server
I would like a script to look at a specifc directory for a certain file
and when it arrives it will send an email confirmation.
the only caveat i see is that the same file sits there in the directory
until a new one overwrites it each day. so there will always be a file there.
I already have sendmail running so that is no issue
Thanks again to both of you!
I played with them both and this is what I can up with.
Seem to work when i run it as a cron every hour, if the file has been changed it will send the email.
would you guys have done anything differently?
I am new at this, so it may look a bit ugly.. haha
I had one other question
How can I incorporate in the email, the date,time stamp of the file?
that would be the last piece
again this is a big help.. thanks...
Last edited by Scott; 06-08-2011 at 03:07 PM..
Reason: Please use code tags
One caveat is that the file might not be wholly received to set the modify time or change checksum or hash. Nice file transmitters have some way to signal a good transfer, like an ack file or name change. At least, before using the file, use fuser to ensure it is not still being written.
If you don't mind a bit of delay, there's a much simpler way: Check if the file's been modified in the last 10 minutes. This won't tell you if the connection broke and left an incomplete file, but neither will fuser.
Dears,
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I ha directory which keep getting files in every 10 mins and some time delay.
I want to monitor if the directory getting the files in every 10 mins if not captured the last received file time and calculate the delay.
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