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Old 07-13-2011
Script to Identify if folder has a file in it
Hi everyone I am new to the forums.

I haven't done much linux myself but I have been asked if I can do the following.

Write a linux script that needs to scan a certain folder every x amount of minutes and if there is a file in the folder then it needs to call a different script.

Is this all possible?
Can some1 create/guide me through the script.
This is not my current work line so I am quite lost.

Thanks a million in advance.
Hope to hear from you guys soon.
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Old 07-13-2011
This script will check whether the current directory has any file ( atleast one file)

If the file is present, then it will trigger the script and wait for script execution and exit.

if the file is not present, then wait for 60 seconds, then again check whether any file is present in the directory or not

Code:
while [ 1 ]
do
 fileCount=`ls | wc -l`
 if [ "$fileCount" -ne "0" ] 
 then
  #Trigger the Script
  /home/abc/script.sh
  wait
  exit $?
 else
  sleep 60
 fi
done

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# 3  
Old 07-13-2011
Thank you for the quick response, busy looking at it now Smilie
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