Date: 12 Aug 1999 11:42:42 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: Graham Wheeler <gram@cequrux.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New tests for test(1) Message-ID: <xzplnbhtjvx.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Graham Wheeler's message of "Thu, 12 Aug 1999 11:18:50 %2B0200" References: <37B2917A.6CBBC950@cdsec.com>
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Graham Wheeler <gram@cequrux.com> writes: > 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? NetBSD's test(1) utility has this (-nt and -ot). We should probably merge in their changes. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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