Re: Should -et be available?

[Quentin L'Hours]

On 25/05/2020 15:11, Peng Yu wrote:
> But if your point is that -et should not be added. Then, why having
> -eq (as -le -ge implies -eq)?
>
> Therefore, I think -eq should be added to bash to make it complete in
> timestamp test.

It's probably because -eq is useful in many scenarios.
But on the other hand testing that two files have the exact same 
timestamp seems very specific, whereas checking for instance if a file 
is outdated compared to another one is very common.

Things that are only useful in very specific situations and that can be 
achieved with simple workarounds (-e + -ot + -nt here) have very little 
chance to be added (even if it seems trivial) for the usual reasons: 
development time, maintenance, increased complexity etc.

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Quentin