Write a bash script to protect a directory. Your script should notify a user of

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Write a bash script to protect a directory. Your script should notify a user of the following:

New file was created

Permission changes

Ownership changes

File size changes

Modification date changes

Your script should have two operation modes, protect and check.

Use command line flags, -p <directory> and -c <directory> to decide which mode to operate in.

In protect mode, your script should create a file called .protect inside the directory you want to watch. You will use this file to check for any changes made as listed above.

In check mode, your script should report any of the changes listed above.

Explanation / Answer

$ ls
someFile writeProtectedFile
$ rm someFile
$ ls
writeProtectedFile
$ rm writeProtectedFile
rm remove write-protected regular file 'writeProtectedFile'? yes
$ ls

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