how to compare file modification time in bourne shell script

[andre]

  In article <1990Jul23.233044.2729 at silma.com> aab at 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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