new mdate-sh

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c48f83a..b9e90d4 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Tue Apr 29 19:11:45 1997  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>
+
+       * mdate-sh: New version from Ulrich Drepper.
+
 Mon Apr 28 01:18:05 1997  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>
 
        * automake.in (handle_configure): Makefile only depends on

diff --git a/lib/mdate-sh b/lib/mdate-sh
index 1146853..37171f2 100755 (executable)
--- a/lib/mdate-sh
+++ b/lib/mdate-sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# mdate-sh - get modification time of a file and pretty-print it
-# Copyright (C) 1995, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-# Written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, June 1995
+# Get modification time of a file or directory and pretty-print it.
+# Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, June 1995
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 
 # Prevent date giving response in another language.
 LANG=C
@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@ LC_TIME=C
 export LC_TIME
 
 # Get the extended ls output of the file or directory.
+# On HPUX /bin/sh, "set" interprets "-rw-r--r--" as options, so the "x" below.
 if ls -L /dev/null 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  set - `ls -L -l -d $1`
+  set - x`ls -L -l -d $1`
 else
-  set - `ls -l -d $1`
+  set - x`ls -l -d $1`
 fi
-# The month is at least the fourth argument.
-# (3 shifts here, the next inside the loop)
+# The month is at least the fourth argument
+# (3 shifts here, the next inside the loop).
 shift
 shift
 shift

diff --git a/mdate-sh b/mdate-sh
index 1146853..37171f2 100755 (executable)
--- a/mdate-sh
+++ b/mdate-sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# mdate-sh - get modification time of a file and pretty-print it
-# Copyright (C) 1995, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-# Written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, June 1995
+# Get modification time of a file or directory and pretty-print it.
+# Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, June 1995
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 
 # Prevent date giving response in another language.
 LANG=C
@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@ LC_TIME=C
 export LC_TIME
 
 # Get the extended ls output of the file or directory.
+# On HPUX /bin/sh, "set" interprets "-rw-r--r--" as options, so the "x" below.
 if ls -L /dev/null 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  set - `ls -L -l -d $1`
+  set - x`ls -L -l -d $1`
 else
-  set - `ls -l -d $1`
+  set - x`ls -l -d $1`
 fi
-# The month is at least the fourth argument.
-# (3 shifts here, the next inside the loop)
+# The month is at least the fourth argument
+# (3 shifts here, the next inside the loop).
 shift
 shift
 shift