#!/bin/sh
-# mdate-sh - get modifaction time of a file and pretty-print it
+# mdate-sh - get modification time of a file and pretty-print it
# Copyright (C) 1995 Software Foundation, Inc.
-# written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, June 1995
+# 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
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
# any later version.
-#
+#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# 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.
-# Prevent date giving response in another language
+# Prevent date giving response in another language.
LANG=C
export LANG
LC_ALL=C
LC_TIME=C
export LC_TIME
-# Get the extended ls output of the file
+# Get the extended ls output of the file.
if ls -L /dev/null 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
set - `ls -L -l $1`
else
set - `ls -l $1`
fi
-# The month is at least the fourth argument
+# The month is at least the fourth argument.
# (3 shifts here, the next inside the loop)
shift
shift
shift
-# Find the month. Next argument is day, followed by the year or time
+# Find the month. Next argument is day, followed by the year or time.
month=
until test $month
do