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]]> By: Valeriu Palos http://linuxadminzone.com/detect-directory-or-file-changes-in-linuxunix/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Valeriu Palos Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:02:28 +0000 http://linuxadminzone.com/?p=137#comment-328 I added a new, much faster method of doing this on my post: http://journal.valeriu.me/169/recursive-filedirectory-change-detection/ I added a new, much faster method of doing this on my post:
http://journal.valeriu.me/169/recursive-filedirectory-change-detection/

]]> By: Valeriu Palos http://linuxadminzone.com/detect-directory-or-file-changes-in-linuxunix/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Valeriu Palos Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:42:11 +0000 http://linuxadminzone.com/?p=137#comment-313 Here is what I usually put in my scripts: http://journal.valeriu.me/169/recursive-filedirectory-change-detection/ Beware though, that on very big folders (with hundreds or thousands of files) this may prove to be inefficient! The ideal solution would be to have control on the agent that changes those files and to simply change a variable somewhere when changes are applied. Unfortunately this is rarely the case. Here is what I usually put in my scripts:
http://journal.valeriu.me/169/recursive-filedirectory-change-detection/

Beware though, that on very big folders (with hundreds or thousands of files) this may prove to be inefficient! The ideal solution would be to have control on the agent that changes those files and to simply change a variable somewhere when changes are applied. Unfortunately this is rarely the case.

]]> By: Valeriu Palos http://linuxadminzone.com/detect-directory-or-file-changes-in-linuxunix/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Valeriu Palos Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:07:53 +0000 http://linuxadminzone.com/?p=137#comment-312 Sure, instead of using stat -t $DIR you can make a checksum for the entire directory (recursively) like this: find $DIR | while read f; do echo `stat -t $f`; done | sha1sum Now, whenever something changes inside $DIR, the checksum will change. Also note that you can add the -L option to find, to also follow symlinks if you want. Cheers Sure, instead of using

stat -t $DIR

you can make a checksum for the entire directory (recursively) like this:

find $DIR | while read f; do echo `stat -t $f`; done | sha1sum

Now, whenever something changes inside $DIR, the checksum will change. Also note that you can add the -L option to find, to also follow symlinks if you want.

Cheers

]]> By: prl http://linuxadminzone.com/detect-directory-or-file-changes-in-linuxunix/comment-page-1/#comment-296 prl Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:07:48 +0000 http://linuxadminzone.com/?p=137#comment-296 Oh man, just ran into a snag... Apparently, stat doesn't take into account activity in subdirectories, of which I have hundreds and need to sync them all. Any ideas? Oh man, just ran into a snag… Apparently, stat doesn’t take into account activity in subdirectories, of which I have hundreds and need to sync them all. Any ideas?

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