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Old 08-06-2012
file exist in folder
Hi guys,

I am new to shell script, i want to write shell script, the script details has mentioned below


Two files are to be check in one particular directory, if the file exist in particular folder then the file is existed and also if the file exist more than three hours then send message. For that requirement i want to write script........please help me...............
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Old 08-06-2012
What have you tried?
Also, please provide details on your request.

We can help, but the purpose of unix.com is not to simply provide answers.
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Old 08-06-2012
Thanks Joe.......


i want to try script to check the file exist in particular folder, if it exists then give information as file exist and the file is exist more than three hours then send a alert message......
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