Find out new and changed files 2

[TSch]

Hi folks,

I wrote a script that beside many other things runs a certain system binary that changes and creates some files in a certain directory.

the directory is always the same. But the files being changed and created are always different and I don't know the exact file names.

Is there any way to extend the script so it will give me a list of the files that have been changed and created withing the specified directory as long as the binary mentioned above was running ?

Regards
Thomas

 

[feherke]

Hi

If your [tt]find[/tt] has any of the following capabilities, I would use it :

-ctime n
File's status was last changed n*24 hours ago.

-newer file
File was modified more recently than file.

Feherke.

http://free.rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[Annihilannic]

I'd recommend -mtime over -ctime. -ctime only reflects a change in the file's meta data (i.e. permissions, ownership, etc.) so is quite likely to remain unchanged even if the contents of the file have been updated. mtime (and -newer) reflects any change of the file's contents.

Annihilannic.