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UNIX Shell Script

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rvnair

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Hi,

How we can schedule a script which will automatically triggers when a particular file get created?
 
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You can check for the existence of the file with a crontab script.
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To create a particular file at a particular time, put this in your crontab...

Code: 
0 5 * * * /bin/touch /path/to/file.txt

That will create the file [tt]/path/to/file.txt[/tt] at 5am every day. Change it to suit your needs.


 
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