This is the solution I proposed (now properly coded):
Code:
#!/bin/bash
HOTFOLDER=$PWD/HOTFOLDER2
inotifywait -q -m -e create ${HOTFOLDER} | while read folder event file
do
if [[ "$event" =~ ^CREATE$ ]] && [[ "${file}" =~ \.xlsx$ ]]
then
fullpath="$folder/$file"
send=${HOTFOLDER}/$(date +'SEND-%F')
mkdir -p "${send}" && mv "${fullpath}" "${send}"
fi
done
Now, every time a file is copied or otherwise created the while loop is run. I am checking for a CREATE rather than a CREATE,ISDIR and the file has the correct extension.
Andrew
thank you very much your suggestions have been very useful,
I would like to add the function to check the email from a text file.
If the variable $mail is present, togheter other event (CREATE and .xlsx) proceed with Echo "OK"
otherwise with echo "ERROR"
This way it does not work, I do not understand much about expression and operators
Presumably, going back to your original script, you want to move the file and email confirmation if the email address(es) exist. What happens if there is no email address? Move anyway? Or is that an error?
Code:
if [[ "$event" =~ ^CREATE$ ]] && [[ "${file}" =~ \.xlsx$ ]]
then
echo "do the copy"
mail=$(awk -F ',' -v var="${file%.*}" '$1==var {print $2,$3}' ${addr})
if [[ -n "$mail" ]]
then
echo "Can send email"
else
echo "ERROR cannot send email"
fi
else
echo "do nothing"
fi
Code:
if [[ "$event" =~ ^CREATE$ ]] && [[ "${file}" =~ \.xlsx$ ]] && [[ -n "$mail" ]]
then
echo "OK"
else
echo "ERROR"
fi
Presumably, going back to your original script, you want to move the file and email confirmation if the email address(es) exist. What happens if there is no email address? Move anyway? Or is that an error?
If there are no email addresses, the file is moved into a directory named ERROR
Be careful with inotifywait
If processing inside the loop lasts long, you could miss events.
Try to create a 1000 files using touch and for loop in monitored directory and check if desired result is accomplished by your code.
If such events occur - creating a 1000 files in a short period, your program might not work correctly.
Handling such scenarios will require much more shell code.
There is also a slight problem of someone abusing your watch script by file creation, which can cause real requests will not be processed, unwanted email spam etc.
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