#! /usr/local/bin/perl -w # # $Id: newest-file.pl,v 1.1 2003/09/14 20:43:17 bc Exp $ # # ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK ***** # Version: MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1 # # The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version # 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with # the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at # http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/ # # Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, # WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License # for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the # License. # # The Original Code is Netscape code. # # The Initial Developer of the Original Code is # Netscape Corporation. # Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 2001 # the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved. # # Contributor(s): Bob Clary # Contributor(s): Bob Clary # # Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of # either the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"), or # the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"), # in which case the provisions of the GPL or the LGPL are applicable instead # of those above. If you wish to allow use of your version of this file only # under the terms of either the GPL or the LGPL, and not to allow others to # use your version of this file under the terms of the MPL, indicate your # decision by deleting the provisions above and replace them with the notice # and other provisions required by the GPL or the LGPL. If you do not delete # the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file under # the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL. # # ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** # # usage # perl newest-file.pl file1 file2 ... # prints file name of newest file. To be used in setting # timestamps of files generated from a list of dependencies my $file; my $newesttime = 0; my $newestfile = ""; my $currenttime; while ($file = shift) { $currenttime = (stat $file)[9]; if ($currenttime > $newesttime) { $newesttime = $currenttime; $newestfile = $file; } #print "Current File $file $currenttime Newest File $newestfile $newesttime\n"; } print $newestfile; 1;