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From: andre@targon.UUCP (andre)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: how to compare file modification time in bourne shell script
Message-ID: <1431@targon.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jul 90 11:16:43 GMT
References: <1990Jul23.233044.2729@silma.com>
Reply-To: andre@targon.UUCP (andre)
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  In article <1990Jul23.233044.2729@silma.com> aab@silma.UUCP () writes:
  >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

  what about

  if [ -n "`find file2 -newer file1 -print`" ]
  then
    echo file2 is newer
  else
    echo file2 is not newer
  fi

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