How to write crontab to check file size and all file in a directory?

modpriest · 02-14-2008, 06:34 AM

I'm new to linux and i need to build a crontab to check file size, file last modify date, and all file in a directory.

I try using cgi to write it but doesn't work.

Can anyone help give me a guide or something?

bigrigdriver · 02-14-2008, 06:48 AM

That isn't crontab's function. Crontab's function is to run job at scheduled times. Shell scripts do the information retreival.

So, you need to write a script (bash, awk, python, perl, or something like that) to get the information you want, and use cron to schedule the times to run that script.