#!/bin/usr/perl use strict; use warnings; my $modified_within = 2 * 60; my $InputDir = "/home/marto/derpderp"; my $LastModified = (stat($InputDir))[9]; my $CurrentTime = time; if ( $LastModified > ($CurrentTime - $modified_within) ){ print "Modified in last 2 minutes\n"; }else{ print "Not Modified in last 2 minutes\n"; }