On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Graham Wheeler wrote:
> Hi all > > I was writing a script yesterday, and I wanted to have a test to compare > the modification time of two files. test(1) doesn't have the ability to > do this. In the end I worked around this by using make(1), but it set me > thinking - wouldn't it be a good idea to add some new tests to test(1), > to compare files based on criteria like size or modification date? A suggestion for another way to implement such a test: ls -1t file1 file2 | head -1 will give you the newest of the two... That's what I use when I need to do such tests. I guess it's easier and faster than make. > > Anyone else think this is a good idea? > > -- > Dr Graham Wheeler E-mail: g...@cequrux.com > Cequrux Technologies Phone: +27(21)423-6065/6/7 > Firewalls/Virtual Private Networks Fax: +27(21)24-3656 > Data/Network Security Specialists WWW: http://www.cequrux.com/ > > Nadav To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
