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Article #399Re: public-domain implementation of V8 "newer"
From: Moderator, John Quarterman
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1986 03:32
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1986 03:32
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From: pyramid!utzoo!henry (Henry Spencer)
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 86 20:53:27 CST
> This version of "newer" will say that one file is newer that the
> other when they are both exactly the same age. Is this a bug or
> does the V8 version of "newer" act this way also?
The V8 newer does in fact return success (exit status 0) when the files
are exactly the same age. The name is not entirely right; it should be
something like "up_to_date_with", in an ideal world. The behavior would
not appear to be a bug, since it is consistent with the wording of the
manual page.
Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
{allegra,ihnp4,decvax,pyramid}!utzoo!henry
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