Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:36:09 -0500 From: Peter <pmatulis@sympatico.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: csevern@pacesetterglobal.com Subject: Re: new file notification Message-ID: <200702170036.09351.pmatulis@sympatico.ca> In-Reply-To: <200702170028.45501.pmatulis@sympatico.ca> References: <20070216233547.c4t0r75cis8k4oo4@pacesetter1.inetu.net> <200702170028.45501.pmatulis@sympatico.ca>
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Le Samedi 17 F=E9vrier 2007 00:28, Peter a =E9crit=A0: > Le Vendredi 16 F=E9vrier 2007 23:35, csevern@pacesetterglobal.com a > > =E9crit=A0: > > I have been looking for some kind of freebsd software that will > > monitor specific directories and then email notify an email address > > when new files have been added. > > > > I have searched the ports tree with no success. If anyone has an > > idea of a solution and/or a combanation of ports that will achieve > > this task, i would appreciate it very much. > > Why not a simple shell script run with cron? > > Hint: > > DIR=3D/path/to/target > OLD_FILES=3D/var/filescheck/number > NEW_FILES=3D$(ls -al $DIR | grep ^- | wc -l) > > if [ $NEW_FILES gt $OLD_FILES ];then > mail -s "new files found in $DIR" user@mail.com < /dev/null > fi > > echo $NEW_FILES > $OLD_FILES Mistake in there. You need to cat $OLD_FILES....
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