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Re: mdate-sh
From: |
Andreas Buening |
Subject: |
Re: mdate-sh |
Date: |
Mon, 23 Dec 2002 14:23:08 +0100 |
Paul Eggert wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 02:22:35 +0100
> > From: Andreas Buening <address@hidden>
> >
> > What do you think about the following?
>
> Have you tested it on GNU/Linux?
[snip]
I apologize for this mistake. I guess, I've tested the
wrong mdate-sh. :-(
Next try:
--------------------------------------------
--- old/mdate-sh Thu Feb 28 09:12:58 2002
+++ new/mdate-sh Mon Dec 23 12:57:46 2002
@@ -30,24 +30,27 @@
LC_TIME=C
export LC_TIME
-# Get the extended ls output of the file or directory.
+save_arg1="$1"
+
+# Find out how to get the extended ls output of a file or directory.
# On HPUX /bin/sh, "set" interprets "-rw-r--r--" as options, so the "x"
below.
if ls -L /dev/null 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
- set - x`ls -L -l -d $1`
+ ls_command='ls -L -l -d'
else
- set - x`ls -l -d $1`
+ ls_command='ls -l -d'
fi
-# The month is at least the fourth argument
-# (3 shifts here, the next inside the loop).
-shift
-shift
-shift
-# Find the month. Next argument is day, followed by the year or time.
+# Get the extended ls output of the root directory.
+set - x`eval $ls_command /`
+
+# Find which argument is the month.
month=
+command=
until test $month
do
shift
+ # Add another shift to the command.
+ command="$command shift;"
case $1 in
Jan) month=January; nummonth=1;;
Feb) month=February; nummonth=2;;
@@ -63,6 +66,28 @@
Dec) month=December; nummonth=12;;
esac
done
+
+# Get the extended ls output of the file or directory.
+set - x`eval $ls_command "\"$save_arg1\""`
+
+# Remove all preceding arguments
+eval $command
+
+# Get the month. Next argument is day, followed by the year or time.
+case $1 in
+ Jan) month=January; nummonth=1;;
+ Feb) month=February; nummonth=2;;
+ Mar) month=March; nummonth=3;;
+ Apr) month=April; nummonth=4;;
+ May) month=May; nummonth=5;;
+ Jun) month=June; nummonth=6;;
+ Jul) month=July; nummonth=7;;
+ Aug) month=August; nummonth=8;;
+ Sep) month=September; nummonth=9;;
+ Oct) month=October; nummonth=10;;
+ Nov) month=November; nummonth=11;;
+ Dec) month=December; nummonth=12;;
+esac
day=$2
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This one should really work. I've tested this on three
different Unix systems.
Bye,
Andreas