if the files are not updated/modified today then an alert mail should be sent

[naziatarannum]

Hi,
Am new to shell scripting.
Please advise me as to how to write a shell script that checks a set of files under a directory, if the files are not updated/modified today then an alert mail should be sent to certain mail id.

Please help.
Am new to this technology.
Am willing to learn.

Thanks

[sknake]

This should do the trick:

#!/bin/bash

find /tmp/ -type f -mtime +1 -exec echo {} \; > outfile
cnt=`wc -l outfile | awk '{ print $1 }'`

if [ ${cnt} -ge "1" ] ; then
  cat outfile | /bin/mail -s "subject" [e-mail]
fi

rm outfile

[naziatarannum]

hi Scott,
Am getting this error for the code

Missing ]

Please help

[Aia]

hi Scott,
Am getting this error for the code

Missing ]

Please help

Post your code the way you wrote it to execute. Make sure there's a space between [ and ]

[sknake]

The script worked fine on my end.. what version of bash are you running and what distro/version?

As Aia said there may be a problem with the spacing so also post the code you used.

[naziatarannum]

The script worked fine on my end.. what version of bash are you running and what distro/version?

As Aia said there may be a problem with the spacing so also post the code you used.

Hi Scott,
I use c shell.
I changed the if statement syntax, I tried everything possible but now I get this error...
if: Expression syntax

#!/bin/csh



set NOTIFY="rvytmp2"

set MAIL_FILE="/home/home17/rvytmp2/myscripts/mail_file.txt"


set dt=`date`
find . -type f -mtime +1 -exec echo {} \; > ${MAIL_FILE}

set cnt=`wc -l ${MAIL_FILE} | awk '{ print $1 }'`

echo "the count value=$cnt"

if ( ${cnt} -ge "1" )  then
Mail -s "Files not updated today ${dt}" ${NOTIFY} < ${MAIL_FILE}
fi

if (-f ${MAIL_FILE}) then
   /bin/rm -f ${MAIL_FILE}
endif

[sknake]

Well the script I gave you was for bash. I don't know csh scripting syntax so i'm afraid I cannot be of much help.

[naziatarannum]

Thats alright Scott.

But your previous advises have been of gr8 help.

Currently, the prob is only with "if stmt" syntax error

So , please help in getting this error resolved. please give this a try.

Thanks

[Aia]

csh doesn't use if/fi but rather if/endif. Look at posted script and you'll see you have an if/fi.
BTW csh doesn't have the same conditional operators than bash so -ge doesn't work.

[naziatarannum]

Hi Aia,
Thanks for ur advice.

I initially tried using if/endif, but it didnt work out, I got the same error.
I also used != for condition checking, but that also didnt help.

PLease help.

Thanks in advance..

[Aia]

Hi Aia,
Thanks for ur advice.

I initially tried using if/endif, but it didnt work out, I got the same error.
I also used != for condition checking, but that also didnt help.

PLease help.

Thanks in advance..

if ( ${cnt} -ge "1" )

That reads if cnt is greater or equal to 1 therefore != would have not worked.

if ($cnt >= 1) then
   # whatever you want to mail
endif

[naziatarannum]

Thanks Aia & Scott....

my script is working now...