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Old 01-06-2010
Run a script if file modified in last 10 min
Hi,
I want to check if a file is modified or not in the last 10 mins and run a script if so. Thanks
# 2  
Old 01-06-2010
We need more detail, please.
# 3  
Old 01-06-2010
sounds like a nice programming exercise for perl, using the localtime() and stat() functions, primarily.
# 4  
Old 01-07-2010
Hi,
File has alarms so if an alarm occurs, file will be updated. I just want to check if a file is modified in last 10 mins or not and run some script if it is modified. Thanks.
# 5  
Old 01-07-2010
Check if this helps

Code:
 if [ `find . -mmin 5` ]; 
then 
echo "exec the script";
 else 
 echo "donot exec the script";
 fi

change the mmin to the value you want and replace with the scripts to execute

or you can use
Code:
 
for i in `find . -mmin -10`; do  echo "exec the script"; done

HTH,
PL
# 6  
Old 01-07-2010
Code:
find . -mmin -10 -exec 'script' \;

If specific file,

Code:
find -iname 'FILENAME' -mmin -10 -exec 'script' \;

# 7  
Old 01-07-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by thegeek
Code:
find . -mmin -10 -exec 'script' \;

If specific file,

Code:
find -iname 'FILENAME' -mmin -10 -exec 'script' \;

Nice , only one slight modification for optimization Smilie
Code:
find . -type f -mmin -10 -exec 'script' \;

Or

Code:
find -type f -iname 'FILENAME' -mmin -10 -exec 'script' \;

It has to be a regular file if it can be modified.
Cheers.
Regards.
Gaurav.
 
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