File Monitoring

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hi all

I have a ftp server where file will be ftped and processed and archived in archive once it's processed. The expected time for processing is 10 mins. I want to send an alert if any file is not processed and stays in ftp location for more than 10 mins.

Please give me an idea how to implement this?

Your help will be appreciated.

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Can anyone provide some ideas how to proceed this taks?

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#!/bin/bash

CYCLE=600 # seconds

if [ -d "$1" ]
then
  INBOX=$1
else
  echo "Usage: sh script [inbox]"
  exit 1
fi

while (true)
do
  NEW_LIST=$( ls -1 $INBOX )
  if [ ${#NEW_LIST} -gt 0 ] && [ ${#OLD_LIST} -gt 0 ]
  then
    for ENTRY in $NEW_LIST
    do
      if [ $( echo "$OLD_LIST" | grep "$ENTRY" ) ]
      then
        echo "Delinquent: $ENTRY"
        exit 2 # alert substitute
      fi
    done
  fi
  OLD_LIST=$NEW_LIST
  sleep $CYCLE
done

# game over