while true do find . -name *.arc -exec gzip {} \; sleep 300 done

Hi,
i want to zip the files that generates automatically
every few minutes (files generated are in .arc
extension)....any body write a script for this...
thanks in advance

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Answer Posted / vipul dalwala

while true
do
find . -name *.arc -exec gzip {} \;
sleep 300
done

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