Command to check that a directory changes

[Humphrey Widjaja]

Try using stat, example:

OLD=`stat -t testdir`
while true
do
NEW=`stat -t testdir`
[ "$NEW" == "$OLD" ] || echo "changed!"
sleep 3
done

Best Regards,


Hum / Humphrey K. Widjaja



On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 5:08 PM, ESGLinux <esggrupos at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I´m making a bash script and I need to know when a new file appears in a
> directory.
>
> anybody knows if is there a command that to that or i need to use a
> commbination of some commands  (ls, wc, sleep, cron...)
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> ESG
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