Re: Checking for Modification to a Set of Files



mwmiller314@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

What is the best way to write a program to check a set of files for
changes to their content? I want to be able to have tasks executed
based on this change.

Run md5sum on them. Available for all known systems.

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