Re: script using file dates

[Bob Proulx]

warnockm wrote:
> I'm looking for an exisiting script, or a command to help w/ processing files
> by date.  I have a test website and need to upload only the files that have
> been changed since the last upload.

This sounds like the perfect application for use of rsync.

> I'm thinking of creating a file list and the date of the last
> upload.  if the modified date is after the date in this file, it
> would upload.  Has anyone seen a script to do this?  i found "test
> -nt" and "test -ot" but this is to compare two file dates, not a
> file to a stored date.  ideas?  thanks

Using 'rsync' would be best for this.  If that is not possible then
look at using 'find' to generate a list of files later (-newer) than a
particular timestamp file.

Bob