AC -- ...and then Clater_A said... % % Recently I undertook writing a function of a script that needed to tell if a % file was more than x number of minutes old. Quite simple, but a dastardly % trick to do in ksh. (well, with my limited knowledge) Instead, I turned to
Heh :-) % a c++ programmer friend, and of course he churned out a simple c++ program % in no time. Simple, effective. Does one task, and does it well. Remind % you of anything? Indeed! % % He's informed me that he has no problem gpl'ing it, and so I ask you -- What % should I do with this thing? It's not a 'project' in any sense of the word, % but i feel it's incredibly useful. Put it up on your web page and start tooting the horn :-) There are a number of programs which will give you this sort of info in one way or another. I personally like whipping out perl for this sort of thing. While I'm heartily in favor of the *NIX philosophy, I think that perhaps a single program dedicated to telling if a file was older than X minutes is a little *too* dedicated to one function :-) % % % ac Finally, this list is for reporting bugs in the GNU fileutils (now part of coreutils) package. Software evangelization is just up the street somewhere :-) Thanks & HAND :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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