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Script to find latest verison of a file in 2 seperate directories

Joe Bruno — Tue, 06 Jun 2000 15:07:20 GMT

I'm trying to compare files from 2 different directories. I want a simple script that would produce the file or directory that has the latest timestamp. How can this be done?

Thanks

Re: Script to find latest verison of a file in 2 seperate directories

Simon Waters_1 — Tue, 06 Jun 2000 15:16:06 GMT

Files can be compared with a simple test statement.

if [ file1 -nt file2 ]
then

fi

Never tried to use it on directories.

If what you are trying to do is quite complex, look at the make command. It isn't just for making programs.

Re: Script to find latest verison of a file in 2 seperate directories

CHRIS_ANORUO — Tue, 06 Jun 2000 15:39:22 GMT

Try this command: "find . -name filename -atime -n"

Read online manual for find.

Cheers!

Re: Script to find latest verison of a file in 2 seperate directories

Paul Bouchie — Wed, 07 Jun 2000 17:22:23 GMT

Create a file with the desired time stamp ( time_stamp ):

# touch -t 200006070000 time_stamp

then:

# find . -newer time_stamp -print

Re: Script to find latest verison of a file in 2 seperate directories

Scott D. Allen — Wed, 07 Jun 2000 20:36:40 GMT

the test is [ file1 -nt file2 ]

try this script

fcomp:

#!/usr/bin/ksh
if [ $# -ne 2 ]
then
echo "Error: Usage: fcomp file1 file2"
file1=$1
file2=$2

if [ $file1 -nt $file2 ]
then
echo "$file1 is newer than $file2"
fi