Notify mail if have file

[ivy1234]

I have a file , there are many files will be created in it and then move it to other directory , can advise if I want to have a notify mail when there is a file in it , what can I do ? thx

[Dennis Handly]

You can set up a crontab entry that looks for files in your directory.
The entry can either do it every so often or you can put sleep in the script and have it started once.

[johnsonpk]

Hi ,
As Dennis suggested setup a cron entry to execute a script to check the existence

if [ -f your_filename ]
then
sendmail -s "file found" you@yourdomain.com
fi


Regards!
Johnson