Why is this failing?
I want to test two files, source and target. If the target does not exist,
or the target does exist but is older than the source, I want to copy the
source to the target.
If the target does not exist, the file is copied. If the source is newer,
no copy occurs.
The code is:
if [ /etc/fstab -nt $metatada/fstab ] || [ ! -f $metadata/fstab ] ; then
echo "Copying $metatada/fstab in from /etc."
cp /etc/fstab $metadata;
fi
ccurley@charlesc $ bash --version
GNU bash, version 2.03.16(1)-release (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu)
Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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