on Tue, 20 Aug 2002 18:26:57 GMT, David Zhuo wrote:
> -M <file> will not give you a file's last modified time. it gives you
> the script's start time minus the last modified time
That shouldn't be too much a problem for programs that are completed
quicky. And remember, for long running programs, like e.g. daemons, you
can always (re)set $^T ($BASETIME in English):
$^T = time;
before performing the filetest.
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