On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Brian F. Feldman wrote: > On 12 Aug 1999, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > > Graham Wheeler <g...@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. > > Hmm... this is in pdksh too...
In other words, I think we've come upon more reasons to switch. > > > > > DES > > -- > > Dag-Erling Smorgrav - d...@flood.ping.uio.no > > > > Brian Fundakowski Feldman _ __ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ > gr...@freebsd.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ > FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ | _ \._ \ |) | > http://www.FreeBSD.org/ _ |___/___/___/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > Brian Fundakowski Feldman _ __ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ gr...@freebsd.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ | _ \._ \ |) | http://www.FreeBSD.org/ _ |___/___/___/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
