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From: Peter Jeremy <jeremyp@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>
Subject: Re: New tests for test(1)
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>I was writing a script yesterday, and I wanted to have a test to compare
>the modification time of two files.

I've written programs to do this before as well.  A more portable
approach is
	find file1 -newer file2 ...

>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?
>
>Anyone else think this is a good idea?

It would be nice, but there are portability issues.

Peter


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