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From: PTM on 22 Jan 2008 08:18 PTM: Is there any method to see if some file is changed in a directory ? I'd like build a script, which informs me, when some file in certain directory has been edited in my server. There is about 500 files, so I think it is too heavy to make a copy of them and make a file compare.
From: Sylvain Robitaille on 22 Jan 2008 09:46 PTM wrote: > Is there any method to see if some file is changed in a directory ? There are various ways, including process accounting, rudimentary methods like examining an ls listing, or more likely taking an md5sum of the file and comparing to a trusted value. > I'd like build a script, which informs me, when some file in certain > directory has been edited in my server. There is about 500 files, so I > think it is too heavy to make a copy of them and make a file compare. If you really want to build it, your best bet is likely to base it on md5sum. If you prefer just to have something that will do that job, have a look at Aide: http://www.cs.tut.fi/~rammer/aide.html I hope that helps ... -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sylvain Robitaille syl(a)alcor.concordia.ca Network and Systems analyst Concordia University Instructional & Information Technology Montreal, Quebec, Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: William Hunt on 22 Jan 2008 11:10 On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, PTM wrote: > PTM: Is there any method to see if some file is changed in a directory ? > > I'd like build a script, which informs me, when some file in certain > directory has been edited in my server. There is about 500 files, so I think > it is too heavy to make a copy of them and make a file compare. md5sum ! -- William Hunt, Portland Oregon USA
From: Steven J Masta on 22 Jan 2008 13:07 PTM wrote: > PTM: Is there any method to see if some file is changed in a directory ? > > I'd like build a script, which informs me, when some file in certain > directory has been edited in my server. There is about 500 files, so I > think it is too heavy to make a copy of them and make a file compare. I haven't used it myself, but you might want to look at fam (File Alteration Monitor) http://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam/ It's just an API, so you'll have to make your own front end. Steve
From: Tom N on 22 Jan 2008 14:02
On 2008-01-22, PTM <ptmusta(a)utu.fi> wrote: > PTM: Is there any method to see if some file is changed in a directory ? > > I'd like build a script, which informs me, when some file in certain > directory has been edited in my server. There is about 500 files, so I > think it is too heavy to make a copy of them and make a file compare. find has options for that sort of thing. You can do things like: find /dir -type f -mmin -20 >> /dir/logfile Find regular files that were modified less than 20 minutes ago in the directory /dir (and all subdirectories) and record the results in logfile /dir/logfile There are several other related options. See the TESTS section in the manpage Tom -- calhobbit at gee mail dot com |