List Latest File Updates
A few days ago, I needed a list of files that were updated within the last 24 hours.
Generally, I use FTP software to see the date and time of the latest file update. But this project would have taken a long time and would have been a tedious job. There were over a hundred subdirectories to check.
So I made software to do it for me.
And I thought maybe you would have a use for it, too.
The List Latest File Updates software accepts the date and time of the oldest update to list. So if you specify yesterday at the current time, you would get a list of all files updated during the last 24 hours.
The software also accepts the subdirectory to scan for files updated since the specified date and time. Whatever subdirectory is specified, all its subdirectories will also be scanned.
Some uses you might have for the software:
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Find the log and cache files created by software on your domain.
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Determine which files were changed after hiring someone to install something for you.
(If you also need to know which files were deleted, install and initialize Files Monitor beforehand. It reports deletions, additions, and changes.)
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Determine where you put the file you uploaded a bit ago and it's not where you thought it was.
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Run every day just to see what files have been updated since the last time it was run.
The List Latest File Updates software is free. Here's the code, no customization required.
<?php
/*
List Latest File Updates
Version 1.0
March 10, 2014
Will Bontrager Software LLC
https://www.willmaster.com/
Copyright 2014 Will Bontrager Software LLC
This software is provided "AS IS," without
any warranty of any kind, without even any
implied warranty such as merchantability
or fitness for a particular purpose.
Will Bontrager Software LLC grants
you a royalty free license to use this
software provided this notice appears
on all copies.
*/
mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');
if( ! ini_get('date.timezone') ) { date_default_timezone_set('UTC'); }
$doScan = false;
$cutoff = 0;
$startdate = $dir = '';
if( isset($_POST['startdate']) and strlen($_POST['startdate']) and isset($_POST['dir']) and strlen($_POST['dir']) )
{
$startdate = $_POST['startdate'];
$dir = $_POST['dir'];
$startdate = trim($startdate);
$dir = preg_replace('!/*$!','',trim($dir));
$dir = str_replace($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'],'',$dir);
$dir = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . $dir;
if( $startdate and $dir ) { $doScan = true; }
}
function DoScan()
{
global $startdate,$dir,$cutoff;
list($date,$time) = preg_split('/\s+/',trim($startdate),2);
list($year,$month,$day) = preg_split('/\D+/',$date);
$year = intval($year);
$month = intval($month);
$day = intval($day);
list($hour,$minute,$second) = preg_split('/\D+/',$time);
$hour = intval($hour);
$minute = intval($minute);
$second = intval($second);
$cutoff = mktime(intval($hour),intval($minute),intval($second),intval($month),intval($day),intval($year));
GetList("$dir/*");
} # function DoScan()
function GetList($dir)
{
global $cutoff;
$files = glob($dir);
foreach( $files as $file )
{
if( is_dir($file) )
{
# echo "Scanning Directory: $file\n";
GetList("$file/*");
}
if( is_file($file) )
{
$m = 0;
$c = 0;
$report = '';
if( ($m = filemtime($file)) or ($c = filectime($file)) )
{
$t = ( $m > $c ) ? $m : $c;
if( $t >= $cutoff )
{
$file = str_replace($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'],'',$file);
echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s',$t) . " $file\n";
}
}
}
}
} // function GetList()
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
<title>List Latest File Updates</title>
<style type="text/css">
body { margin:0; font-family:sans-serif; font-size:14px; text-align:left; }
th { font-size:.8em; }
p, li, td { font-size:1em; line-height:120%; }
h1 { font-size:1.8em; }
h2 { font-size:1.6em; }
h3 { font-size:1.4em; }
h4 { font-size:1.2em; }
h5 { font-size:1em; }
a { text-decoration:none; color:#1c5292; font-weight:bold; }
a, a img { border:none; outline:none; }
input { width:520px; }
#content { margin:0 0 0 150px; padding:75px 0 100px 50px; width:550px; border-left:6px groove #2F83E5; }
</style>
</head>
<body><div id="content">
<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="<?php echo($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); ?>">
<div style="position:fixed; left:50px; top:50px;">
<a href="//www.willmaster.com/">
<img src="//www.willmaster.com/images/wmlogo_icon.gif" style="width:50px; height:50px; border:none;" alt="Willmaster logo">
</a>
</div>
<h1>List Latest File Updates</h1>
<?php if($doScan): ?>
<h3>Scanning:</h3>
<pre>
Date Time File
---------- -------- ------
<?php DoScan(); ?>
</pre>
<div style="height:50px;"></div>
<?php endif; ?>
<h3>Scan Request</h3>
<p>
The date preceding file names is either the date the file was last created/updated or the date the index node was changed.
</p>
<p>
The date has this structure: <span style="font-family:monospace; font-size:larger; white-space:nowrap;">year-month-day hour:minute:second</span>
</p>
<p>
Current system time:
<span style="font-family:monospace; font-size:larger; white-space:nowrap;"><?php echo( date('Y-m-d H:i:s') ); ?></span>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:3px;">
Specify the document directory to look for changed files (use "/" for document root directory).
</p>
<input type="text" name="dir" value="<?php echo(@$_POST['dir']); ?>">
<p style="margin-bottom:3px;">
The software will list all files in the specified directory that were changed on or after the date specified here. (Use the structure above, the format the current system time is reported as.)
</p>
<input type="text" name="startdate" value="<?php echo(@$_POST['startdate']); ?>">
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Scan Now">
</p>
<p style="position:relative; left:-25px; top:45px;">
Copyright 2014 <a href="//www.willmaster.com/">Will Bontrager Software LLC</a>
</p>
</form></div></body></html>
Save the code as a file named ListLatestFileUpdates.php
Upload ListLatestFileUpdates.php to your server in any directory where browsers can load web pages. Make a note of its URL.
To use the List Latest File Updates software:
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Put the URL of ListLatestFileUpdates.php into your browser.
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Specify the directory to scan (it will also scan the specified directory's subdirectories).
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Specify the date and time of the oldest update to list.
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Click the button.
The software will list each file in the specified directory and its subdirectories that were added or updated since the specified date and time.
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