From: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to compare time of last file modification?
Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2012 15:48:07 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <barmar-7D2EFB.15480701072012@news.eternal-september.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.3833.1341163416.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
In article <mailman.3833.1341163416.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Is there a reason to prefer time-less-p or the custom-made solutions
> over file-newer-than-file-p?
file-newer-than-file-p is only applicable when you're comparing two
files. If you're comparing a file's modification time to some other
time, then you need to use time-less-p.
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-01 19:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <mailman.3790.1341102956.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-07-01 1:16 ` How to compare time of last file modification? Pascal J. Bourguignon
2012-07-01 8:56 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2012-07-01 9:23 ` Michael Albinus
2012-07-01 10:13 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2012-07-01 17:26 ` Thorsten Jolitz
[not found] ` <mailman.3833.1341163416.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-07-01 17:36 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2012-07-01 21:11 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2012-07-01 19:48 ` Barry Margolin [this message]
2012-07-01 20:26 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2012-07-01 0:38 Thorsten Jolitz
2012-07-01 0:41 ` Thorsten Jolitz
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