Re: install-sh -C

[Akim Demaille]

Le 25 oct. 06 à 18:04, Stepan Kasal a écrit :

> Hello,
>
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 05:35:31PM +0200, Akim Demaille wrote:
> > >  find stampfile -newer $file
>
> indeed, according to the documentation, the predicate is true if
> stampfile is strictly newer than $file.  So the implementation would
> have to be something like:
>
> # is_younger FILE FILES
> # ---------------------
> # Check that FILE is younger than all the FILES.
> #
> is_younger ()
> {
>   a_status=0
>   a_file=$1
>   shift
>   for a_f in "$@"
>   do
>     a_list=`find "$a_file" -newer "$a_f"`
>     if test x"$a_list" != x"$a_file"; then
>       a_status=1; break
>     else :
>     fi
>   done
>   return $a_status
> }

Was something wrong with my proposal?

# is_younger FILE FILES
# ---------------------
# Check that FILE is younger than all the FILES.
is_younger ()
{
  test x`find "$@" -newer "$1"` = x
  return $?
}