Check a files Modified date and email if it has changed
I am look for a bash script that will check if a file has been modified in the last hour and email an alert if it has been modified. This script will be used in Solaris and Ubuntu. I am sure it's not hard, but I am not a Linux admin. Can someone please help?
Answer
How about this?
#!/bin/bash
[[ -z `find /home/spatel/ -mmin -60` ]]
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
echo -e "nothing has changed"
else
mail -s "file has been changed" [email protected]
fi
Put this script in hourly cron job
01 * * * * /path/to/myscript