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Re: How to compare time of last file modification?


From: Thorsten Jolitz
Subject: Re: How to compare time of last file modification?
Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2012 22:26:25 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.130002 (Ma Gnus v0.2) Emacs/24.0.93 (gnu/linux)

Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> writes:

> 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.

I see, thanks. 

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten




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