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Re: bash "test" -nt and -ot operators mishandle nonpositive timestamps
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Brian J. Fox |
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Re: bash "test" -nt and -ot operators mishandle nonpositive timestamps |
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Tue, 26 Feb 2002 16:00:07 -0800 |
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 15:51:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
Description:
The "-ot" and "-nt" operators of the "test" command mishandle
the case where one file has a nonpositive timestamp and the
other file does not exist. Files that do not exist should
always be considered to be older than files that do exist.
Why should non-existant files be older than existing files?
Why not the other way around?
(I'm not trying to be argumentative -- I actually want to know what your
reasoning is...)
Brian
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