In my bash script I am doing the following:
shopt -s nullglob
for file in $LOCATION/EXF_TESTFORSTACKOVERFLOW_*.xml;
do
touch "$file.FTC"
done
But Before creating the .FTC File I would like to do an check:
IF creation Date of the xml File is more than 30 Minutes from sysdate - create FTC
IF its not older than 30 Minutes - do not create .FTC for this File.
Any suggestions how i can implement this check before doing the touch "$file.FTC" I am not sure on how to check on the date for the files. When using command ls -l I see that date i want to do this check on.
Thank you all!
You may not have a "create (or birth)" time -- it depends on what filesystem you have (check your /etc/fstab) -- you should probably use "mtime" instead, the last modified time, or "ctime", the last inode change (file rename, moved, etc)
Here's an example of the stat command to get time data for your files:
stat -c $'%n\nbirth\t%W = %w\naccess\t%X = %x\nmod\t%Y = %y\nchange\t%Z = %z\n' *
The output might look something like (this is an XFS file system):
file.txt
birth 0 = -
access 1595249263 = 2020-07-20 08:47:43.194000000 -0400
mod 1595249255 = 2020-07-20 08:47:35.453000000 -0400
change 1595249255 = 2020-07-20 08:47:35.453000000 -0400
test.dat
birth 0 = -
access 1595364240 = 2020-07-21 16:44:00.675000000 -0400
mod 1595364184 = 2020-07-21 16:43:04.786000000 -0400
change 1595364184 = 2020-07-21 16:43:04.786000000 -0400
menu.sh
birth 0 = -
access 1600025501 = 2020-09-13 15:31:41.977000000 -0400
mod 1600025496 = 2020-09-13 15:31:36.664000000 -0400
change 1600025496 = 2020-09-13 15:31:36.664000000 -0400
On my Mac with APFS, the birth time is a known value.