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AIX OS: File appearance monitoring in a directory

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I have a program, which loads files into database. Program runs every time when a file (or files) appears in the source directory.

A bash script was written for the monitoring of files in a directory, simple and silly:

• If a directory isn't empty:
  
  
  • grab all files in it, move them to an another directory and run the main program.
  
  


• The script runs every 10 seconds on cron.
  
  
  • I could wrap it into an infinite loop and run just one time. But in this case there is a possibility that someone will kill it accidentally.
  
  

I'm looking for a smarter way to monitor files, but my OS is AIX!) I know about kqueue for BSD and inotify for Linux. Is there anything for AIX?

More specific, how can a script know when a file appears in a directory, rather than check it every N seconds?

filesystems aix

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  A "script" in the simplest sense of the word can't really do that. You want a 'program' to do this. What you want is some sort of file or file-system monitoring program that runs as a daemon, if you don't want it to execute at a set interval, like a cron job. A simple google search returns this link as a first hit (after wikipedia). I do not know or endorse Monit, I'm just pointing out that there are a lot of options out there to research and choose from.
  
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I have a program, which loads files into database. Program runs every time when a file (or files) appears in the source directory.

A bash script was written for the monitoring of files in a directory, simple and silly:

• If a directory isn't empty:
  
  
  • grab all files in it, move them to an another directory and run the main program.
  
  


• The script runs every 10 seconds on cron.
  
  
  • I could wrap it into an infinite loop and run just one time. But in this case there is a possibility that someone will kill it accidentally.
  
  

I'm looking for a smarter way to monitor files, but my OS is AIX!) I know about kqueue for BSD and inotify for Linux. Is there anything for AIX?

More specific, how can a script know when a file appears in a directory, rather than check it every N seconds?

filesystems aix

share|improve this question

asked 11 hours ago

VikoraVikora

3817

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  A "script" in the simplest sense of the word can't really do that. You want a 'program' to do this. What you want is some sort of file or file-system monitoring program that runs as a daemon, if you don't want it to execute at a set interval, like a cron job. A simple google search returns this link as a first hit (after wikipedia). I do not know or endorse Monit, I'm just pointing out that there are a lot of options out there to research and choose from.
  
  – 0xSheepdog
  10 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

I have a program, which loads files into database. Program runs every time when a file (or files) appears in the source directory.

A bash script was written for the monitoring of files in a directory, simple and silly:

• If a directory isn't empty:
  
  
  • grab all files in it, move them to an another directory and run the main program.
  
  


• The script runs every 10 seconds on cron.
  
  
  • I could wrap it into an infinite loop and run just one time. But in this case there is a possibility that someone will kill it accidentally.
  
  

I'm looking for a smarter way to monitor files, but my OS is AIX!) I know about kqueue for BSD and inotify for Linux. Is there anything for AIX?

More specific, how can a script know when a file appears in a directory, rather than check it every N seconds?

filesystems aix

share|improve this question

asked 11 hours ago

VikoraVikora

3817

share|improve this question

asked 11 hours ago

VikoraVikora

3817

share|improve this question

asked 11 hours ago

VikoraVikora

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asked 11 hours ago

VikoraVikora

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asked 11 hours ago

VikoraVikora

3817