Silly little script to monitor changes in a directory (new or removed files)
Takes the destination dir to monitor from stdin
One day I'll learn how to use inotify.
#!/bin/bash
# Monitor a directory for file changes
# (add or remove) as requested
touch /tmp/testdirb.$$
while true
do
find $1 -print > /tmp/testdira.$$
diff /tmp/testdira.$$ /tmp/testdirb.$$ > /tmp/dirdiff
if [ -s /tmp/dirdiff ]
then
sed -i s/"
sed -i s/">"/"Removed files"/ /tmp/dirdiff