#!/usr/bin/perl -w @files = `ls -ltr ../www`; $latest = pop @files; open FH, '<.latest' or die "Couldn't open .latest: $!"; $previous = ; close FH; if ($latest eq $previous) { print "nothing new\n"; } else { open FH, '>.latest' or die "Couldn't open .latest: $!"; print FH $latest; close FH; # trim filename $latest =~ s/.* //; print "posting announcment: updated http://uescape.h1x.com/$latest\n"; }