FIND with OPTION NEWER

[Guest_imported]

I have a problem today with a simple shell script. Can any one help me to sort this out.

I am checking the last file on the remote machine then find files on the local machine that have been modified recently than files on the remote machine.

My command was

$ LAST=” `rsh REMOTEHOST ls –t /REMOTEDIRECTORY | head –1` ”


$ find . –newer $LAST –type f –print

I get an error message for this.

CANNOT ACCESS $LAST

 

[MoshiachNow]

Hi,

just drop the "$" in front of the first "LAST":

LAST=” `rsh REMOTEHOST ls –t /REMOTEDIRECTORY | head –1` ”
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[Guest_imported]

Thanks you but I still get the same error message

find:cannot access last

 

[KenCunningham]

Try adding

;export LAST at the end of your find.

HTH

 

[Yegolev]

Try sticking a "print $LAST" in there to see if $LAST has a value. If so, and it is the correct one, it would be something with find.

 

[KenCunningham]

Sorry - that's garbage!

Try adding ;export LAST to the end of your LAST=...etc... command.

 

[KenCunningham]

Sorry Yegolev, I didn't mean your post was garbage, I meant my previous one was! Obviously posting at the same time. It's been a long day!

 

[Yegolev]

Hehe, yeah I figured that, Ken. =) I was thinking, looks like we are mixing CAPS and lower in the prob description... wonder if that's a typing thing.

Could be rsh doesn't work and $LAST is empty? If this were the scripting forum, I'd suggest some error-checking in the script.

 

[Guest_imported]

I think I managed to figure it out the reason.

Variable LAST contains a name of a file. (on the remote machine)

When it is exported to the local machine there is no file in that name to check the time stamp.
So I copied the $LAST to the local machine with -p option.

Now I have a real file to compare with what is on my local machine.

With this, it worked. !!!

Many thanks to all of you for your valuablr advice.