Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!silma!aab
From: aab@silma.com (Andy Burgess)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: how to compare file modification time in bourne shell script
Message-ID: <1990Jul23.233044.2729@silma.com>
Date: 23 Jul 90 23:30:44 GMT
Reply-To: aab@silma.UUCP ()
Organization: Silma, Inc. Cupertino CA
Lines: 16


I need to compare the modification times of two files in a bourne shell
script. I would like to do this without writing C code.
Machine is Sparcstation 1 running SunOS 4.03c

Thus I need a function:

newer file1 file2

that returns 0 if file1 is newer than file2 else returns 1

Can it be done?

Andy Burgess
uunet!silma!aab
408 725 8908