Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 12:05:10 +0000 From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> To: Eric Feillant <Eric.Feillant@image-nouvelle.fr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How compare and test file size ???? URGENT] Message-ID: <36594F76.3124EC@tdx.co.uk> References: <36594DA2.794BDF32@image-nouvelle.fr>
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Eric Feillant wrote:
> hi,
>
> can someone help me about this ==>
>
> I have a directory named "dir1" with some files and subdir
> inside.
>
> Some users can generate new files or modify files in these
> "dir" directory.
>
> How can i write a script that coud be run every 15 minutes
> that test that files has been modified and / or created ?
>
> i thout that some script shell with awk coud do that for me =>
>
> ls -lR dir1 | awk '{print $5, $9} | while read A B
> do ..... something ....
> test current file size with old file size ...then ...???
If you want to see if the files are 'the same' look at the MD5 command (man
md5) - it generates 'signatures' for files... If the files are the same, the
signatures will be the same...
Regards,
Karl
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