I want to know if new files/directories have been created in a specific directory A since a fixed date time.
Is there a bash command to do this?
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No, since creation dates aren't stored on most *nix filesystems. Try find with the -amin, -atime, -mmin, or -mtime predicates.
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
2010-04-04 18:06:10
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use the touch command to create a dummy file. eg touch .dummy. then use the find command with -newer option to check for new files. eg
find /path -newer .dummy
ghostdog74
2010-04-04 23:41:06
And you can specify the time with the 'touch' command: `touch -t 201004041659.32` for 2010-04-04 16:59:32.
Jonathan Leffler
2010-04-04 23:58:41
Strictly, this gives you files modified since the reference time of the file - not necessarily those which were created. That may be a good enough approximation.
Jonathan Leffler
2010-04-04 23:59:39