how to compare file modification time in bourne shell script

[Muhammad Basit]

In article <1990Jul23.233044.2729 at silma.com> aab at silma.UUCP () writes:
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>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
>that returns 0 if file1 is newer than file2 else returns 1

Another way you might find useful is to use find. 
e.g.:
	find mbox -newer .profile -exec date \;

will execute the command date if 'mbox' is newer than '.profile'

I think you can use it for your work with little effort.

>Andy Burgess

Muhammad Basit
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