From b4176dcab91df1d7f28ee41e1f52eb6ae9accbf4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 09:23:14 -0400
Subject: ENH: Added FileTimeCompare method to compare file modification times.
  Currently the resolution is limited to one second.

---
 Source/cmSystemTools.cxx | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Source/cmSystemTools.h   |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx b/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
index d9f51f8..1e8bf2e 100644
--- a/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
@@ -1317,3 +1317,33 @@ bool cmSystemTools::PutEnv(const char* value)
   return ret == 0;
 }
 
+bool cmSystemTools::FileTimeCompare(const char* f1, const char* f2,
+                                    int* result)
+{
+  struct stat stat1, stat2;
+  if(stat(f1, &stat1) == 0 && stat(f2, &stat2) == 0)
+    {
+    *result = 0;
+    if(stat1.st_mtime < stat2.st_mtime)
+      {
+      *result = -1;
+      }
+    else if(stat1.st_mtime > stat2.st_mtime)
+      {
+      *result = 1;
+      }
+#if 0
+    // TODO: Support resolution higher than one second.
+    // Use st_mtim.tv_nsec if available and GetFileTime on Windows.
+    else if(stat1.st_mtim.tv_nsec < stat2.st_mtim.tv_nsec)
+      {
+      *result = 1;
+      }
+#endif
+    return true;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+    return false;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Source/cmSystemTools.h b/Source/cmSystemTools.h
index 43a5daf..a064a31 100644
--- a/Source/cmSystemTools.h
+++ b/Source/cmSystemTools.h
@@ -290,6 +290,12 @@ public:
       of the form var=value */
   static bool PutEnv(const char* value);
 
+  /** Compare file modification times.
+      Returns true for successful comparison and false for error.
+      When true is returned, result has -1, 0, +1 for
+      f1 older, same, or newer than f2.  */
+  static bool FileTimeCompare(const char* f1, const char* f2,
+                              int* result);
 private:
   static bool s_ForceUnixPaths;
   static bool s_RunCommandHideConsole;
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