Bug 12601

Summary: [feature request] support "newerXY" construct from findutils
Product: Busybox Reporter: Chris Slycord <cslycord>
Component: OtherAssignee: unassigned
Status: NEW ---    
Severity: normal CC: busybox-cvs
Priority: P5    
Version: unspecified   
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Description Chris Slycord 2020-03-04 06:10:50 UTC 
Busybox has support for the "-newer" construct, which checks if a file's modification time is newer than another file's.

In findutils there's a "-newerXY" construct, with X and Y can be 'a' (last access), 'B' Birth time, 'c' (last change time), 'm' (last modification time), or t (timestamp); t being only the final argument and being for a literal timestamp. It's used as "-newerXY FILE" or "-newXt timestamp".

In gentoo, they regularly use this construct. For example, their package manager defaults to checking "-newercm FILE" (change and modification).

Similar functionality would be a welcome addition.