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Old 03-15-2012
issue while copying file dynamically whith in loop?
I need to copy the log file dynamically and that should run in loop , which means it should pick what ever the latest file is updated in that directory.

I am able to display the list and copy to directly but i have no idea on how to pick the dynamically updated files.

when i use this code, i am getting the output for single time.


Code:
find . -newer ./latestfile.log  -print | cpio -pvdmu /export/home/myhome/data_temp/

here i am hard coding the latest file: latestfile.log , how can i pick it automatically?
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Old 03-15-2012
Use your own temporary file to do that.

Code:
touch /tmp/flagfile
find . -newer /path/to/flagfile | ...
touch --reference=/tmp/flagfile /path/to/flagfile
rm /tmp/flagfile

Note how the timestamp is actually updated before you run find, but not actually used until after. This is intentional, in case files were added during that run of find, to make sure they're not skipped for having an "older" timestamp.
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