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From: lti@garnet.msen.com (tawollen@limno.com)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: File Dates
Date: 22 Dec 1994 05:33:47 GMT
Organization: Msen, Inc. -- Ann Arbor, MI (account info: +1 313 998-4562)
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Is there a way that I can get the date of a file using ls to be in a
form that I can compare? or can I convert the standard 12 Dec 15:33 to
something that I can comare.

I am trying to do an ls -l and an ls -lu on  a file so I can compare the
date last accessed and date last modified and get a result so I can
tell a user wether a file has been added to since it was looked at since
when a file is added to it does not change the last accessed date..

any help would be appricated..

Thanks

Troy

BTW using BSDi and csh.. thanks


Troy Wollenslegel                               Limno-Tech, Inc.
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