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Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 08:52:55 +0200
From: tlaronde@polynum.com
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Easy stating of newer files on Plan9
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On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 02:55:20PM -0700, Anthony Martin wrote:
> tlaronde@polynum.com once said:
> > There is one utility used by MetaPost scripts: a binary "newer" using
> > POSIX (sys/stat.h) mainly because if on POSIX compliant systems one can
> > use find(1) with "-cnewer", Plan9 has not find(1).
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > What would be the prefered way using utilities available on Plan9 (and
> > accessible for ape/sh) since the scripts are Bourne shell ones.
>
> The Plan 9 test(1) has "newer than" and "older than"
> expressions just like the Korn shell's built-in.

Thanks! test a -nt b will do.
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        Thierry Laronde <tlaronde +AT+ polynum +dot+ com>
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