Hi,. finally I have used your solution but with the -c option of stat: stat -c "%z" $DIR I have used that because my script access the dir to copy/check files and that generates new changes using -t option Thank you very much for your help ESG 2010/10/29 Humphrey Widjaja <hwidjaja@xxxxxxxxx> > Try using stat, example: > > OLD=`stat -t testdir` > while true > do > NEW=`stat -t testdir` > [ "$NEW" == "$OLD" ] || echo "changed!" > sleep 3 > done > > Best Regards, > > > Hum / Humphrey K. Widjaja > > > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 5:08 PM, ESGLinux <esggrupos@xxxxxxxxx> 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 > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
