Linux: How can I get a different exit code from the find command if no files matching the pattern I used are found?

Question

I have a script which runs the next command:

find /storage2/hpfiles_staging/ -name \*.gz -mmin +600

And then rsync's the files to a remote location.

Sometimes the find command returns no output (as there are no files named *.gz with age of 10 minutes or more in that location). When it happens, I want to write a message to the log saying there are no files there.

But when I run the find command, whether it finds files to transfer or not the exit code of the find command is always "0" (unless there's a syntax error of course) and thus cannot give me indication about files being found in that location or not.

Is there any switch or a trick to get a different exit code than 0 if no files have been found by the find command?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

I don't think you can affect the exit code from find. You should perhaps look to capture the output from find and use that to determine if any files where found.