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Old 11-02-2011
Checking directory status
Can I use -ctime/-mtime to verify if a particular directory has been updated or not?
I don't care about number of days. I just want to perform some operations only if the folder is modified (or it's metadata is modified), i.e. some files are added to the directory.

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Last edited by zaxxon; 11-02-2011 at 09:21 AM.. Reason: user posted in q&a area
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Old 11-02-2011
Yes you can; use ls -l to get the time, write it to some temp file for example and compare it in intervals. For more information about directories meta data you can check out if your OS has stat or istat or a similar command to display i-node informations.
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