PWB1/usr/man/man1/whatsnew.1

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.sh NAME
whatsnew \*- compare file modification dates
.sh SYNOPSIS
.bd whatsnew
[ \*-yymmdd ]
[ listfile ]
.sh DESCRIPTION
.it Whatsnew
will compare the modification dates of files
listed in 
.it listfile
against the date supplied
and report those files that 
have changed since that date.
By default,
the modification time of the file \fB.\fP\fInewdate\fP
in the user's login directory will be used as the
comparison date.
Similarly, the file \fB.\fP\fInewlist\fP
in the
user's login directory will be used 
if
.it listfile
is omitted.
.s1
If a date is not supplied
and \fB.\fP\fInewlist\fP
exists,
it will be re-created.
This will essentially update
the default comparison date used by subsequent 
.it whatsnew
commands.
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Entries in the
list file should be 
relative to the login directory,
one per line.
If an entry is a directory,
files in that directory will be
compared.
Only one level of directory searching
is performed.
.sh FILES
/logindir/\fB.\fPnewlist
.br
/logindir/\fB.\fPnewdate
.sh DIAGNOSTICS
``bad date'' if the supplied date is earlier than 1970.
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``cannot read list'' if the list file is not readable.
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``cannot access file status'' if it can't.