shell scripting: checking for modified files

topcat · 12-07-2004, 11:11 AM

I was looking to write a shell script, that finds all of the files that have changed or been added new) since the last time the script was run.

the file and the entire path should be echoed.

can anyone jumpstart me?

thanks!

tc

secesh · 12-07-2004, 01:40 PM

i suppose the trick is knowing when the last run-time was... perhaps a file in /tmp?

then you could use something like find x -newer /tmp/myfile

Tinkster · 12-07-2004, 02:32 PM

Yep, secesh's idea should work.
Before you first run it you touch ~/.stamp manually...

Code:

#!/bin/bash
find / -cnewer ~/.stamp -type f 
touch ~/.stamp

Cheers,
Tink

theYinYeti · 12-08-2004, 03:06 AM

Alternatively, you may compare to the script itself:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
find / -newer "$0" -type f -print
touch "$0"

Yves.

topcat · 12-08-2004, 04:43 AM

Thanks everyone. Got something working, though different from the above. Posting it here just in case someone needs it. let me know if there are any flaws in it?
It also copies the changed files to another server while retaining the permission.
The idea was to sync 2 servers. (Development and production)

#!/bin/bash

CP="/bin/cp -u -r -p -f -v"
DATE=`date -Iminutes`

$CP /root/copy/* /home/copy > newlist-$DATE