Posted by John Nichel on 10/18/88 11:22

Philip Hallstrom wrote:
>>> I was just expirementing with the diff command and was wondering if
>>> there was anything out there that does the same thing but with a more
>>> intuitive interface?
>>>
>>> The problem I want to avoid is a basic one. "Which file did I update
>>> last week that I forgot to publish to the live site?"
>>>
>>> It would be really cool if there was something built on ncurses and not
>>> just command line driven.
>>>
>>>
>>> Alternatively, if there aren't any scripts out there I'd like to hear
>>> how the list members handle this.
>>
>>
>> What about just checking the modified times of the two files with
>> filemtime()? You could have it grab the timestamp of both files,
>> compare them, and see if it's outside a set parameter (like 24 hours,
>> 7 days, etc).
>
>
> Can't you run into problems where depending on how they get copied from
> server to server the modified time gets adjusted? Seems I've run into
> that in Windows when FTP'ing. It doesn't preserver that info and treats
> all the files as brand spanking new...
>

Yeah, but I *think* he's in the *nix world. I'm just throwing s**t at
the wall and seeing what will stick. ;)

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John C. Nichel
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