how about something like this? 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use Digest::MD5;

my @fileary;
$fileary[0] = {
                 name => '<file>',                                    
+          
                 oldhash => '',
                 newhash => ''
                };
$fileary[1]   = {
                 name => '<file>',
                 oldhash => '',
                 newhash => ''
                };
while (1) {
    foreach (@fileary) {
       # move the newhash (from last iteration) to the oldhash of
       # this iteration
       %{$_}->{oldhash}=%{$_}->{newhash};
    
       #check to see if there is a different has to
       #last iteration
       if (%{$_}->{newhash} ne %{$_}->{oldhash}) {
           print "File ".%{$_}->{name}." has changed\n";
       } else {
           print "oldhash: ".%{$_}->{oldhash}.". newhash: ". %{$_}->{n
+ewhash}."\n";
       }
       #go get a filehandle
       open (FILE, %{$_}->{name}) or die "Can't open '$_': $!";
    
       #go get the hash of the file
       %{$_}->{newhash} =Digest::MD5->new->addfile(*FILE)->hexdigest;
    
       close FILE;

    }
}

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Its not very scalable, however you could dynamically create your hash of arrays from a config file.

If youre going to run it as a daemon i would suggest a wait/sleep time, and sending an alert to something like NetX/pager/SMS/email etc....

In reply to Re: Log's and MD5 Hashes: UPDATE by Ryszard
in thread Log's and MD5 Hashes by satanklawz

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