[svn-r14637] Added newer for file timestamp comparison. It is used by the non-repeat

test.
Updated MANIFEST for this new file.

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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright by The HDF Group.
+# Copyright by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This file is part of HDF5.  The full HDF5 copyright notice, including
+# terms governing use, modification, and redistribution, is contained in
+# the files COPYING and Copyright.html.  COPYING can be found at the root
+# of the source code distribution tree; Copyright.html can be found at the
+# root level of an installed copy of the electronic HDF5 document set and
+# is linked from the top-level documents page.  It can also be found at
+# http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/Copyright.html.  If you do not have
+# access to either file, you may request a copy from help@hdfgroup.org.
+#
+# Compare the modification time of file argument 1 against other file arguments.
+# Return true (0) if argument 1 is newer than all others, otherwise return
+# false (1).  If any of the argument is not a file, return false (1).
+#
+# Programmer: Albert Cheng
+# Created Date: 2005/07/06
+# Modification:
+#    Albert Cheng 2005/8/30
+#    Changed from two arguments to mulitple arguments.
+
+if test $# -lt 2; then
+    exit 1
+fi
+if test ! -f $1; then
+    exit 1
+fi
+f1=$1
+shift
+
+for f in $*; do
+    if test ! -f $f; then
+	exit 1
+    fi
+    if test X = X`find $f1 -newer $f -print`; then
+	exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
+# passed all tests.  Must be a file newer than all others.
+exit 0